Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.41.009 A—E
Accession#:
2005.41
Credit Line:
Donated by Floyd Dryden Middle School Librarian Pat McLear.
Object Name:
Page, Scrapbook
Title:
Floyd & Nannie Dryden's Alaska Scrapbook
Place:
Juneau
Description:
A is album page. B—C are photos affixed to front of page, D—E are photos affixed to back of page. All photos approximately 3.5" x 5.5" with white border unless otherwise noted.
A — Album page, 7" x 11.25" manilla paper , with handwritten captions on front and back.
B — Black and white photo of downtown Juneau, aerial shot facing toward northwest with evergreen tree in central foreground and other trees and branches visible around bottom and proper left edge of photo. View of downtown buildings with channel in background and bottom of Douglas Island just visible along top edge of photo. Printed in white along bottom edge: "804" "JUNEAU, ALASKA" and (underlined) "T. Davis". List of buildings handwritten below photo: "1 Gov. hospital / 2 Building at fairgrounds. / 3 Jail / 4 Goldstein building — (has an elevator) five stories high / 5 Federal building / 6 Scottish Rite Temple / 7 Methodist Church / 8 Zinda Hotel (has elevator) / 9 High School building / 10 Grade " " [ditto marks written under phrase "School building"] / 11 McKinnon Apartment building / 12 Behrends Department store the largest store in Juneau. / 13 Alaska Press. / 14 Telephone office."
C — Black and white photo of Juneau taken from slightly north of downtown looking downhill and southeast. Roof tops along bottom edge of photo in foreground, then patch of trees in lower proper left quadrant, then more downtown buildings. Channel extends from center of proper left edge back toward upper proper right quadrant, where bottom of Mount Roberts can be seen. Douglas mountains with snow on top visible in upper proper left quadrant. Printed in white along bottom edge: "241 — Juneau Alaska." and "T. Davis." Handwritten caption below photo reads: "Looking south east, down the channel. Douglas can be seen across this channel."
D — Black and white photo of downtown Juneau taken from across the channel. Mount Juneau in upper proper right quadrant with city lights visible at foot. Top 1/3 of Mount Juneau is covered in snow, with white lines running down mountain. Mount Roberts (darker) in upper proper left quadrant. Lights of city are reflected as white vertical lines in channel, which fills lower half of photo. Corner of what appears to be a roof top just visible in lower proper right corner. Also in lower proper right corner, printed in white: "Lights o' Juneau." Signature "WPCo. (c)" in white in lower proper left corner. Handwritten caption below photo reads: "A picture of Juneau taken after dark showing the reflection of lights in the water. To the right is the Gold mine and mill. Mt. Juneau capped with snow."
E — Black and white photo, slight aerial view of downtown facing southeast with Federal building prominent in lower proper left quadrant. Streetlights and illuminated building windows appear slightly fuzzy because of camera exposure; particularly fuzzy line of lights extends diagonally upward from center of proper right edge. Channel traverses photo approximately 1/3 of the way down, with snow—capped mountains visible across end of channel in upper proper right corner. Dotted lights of town on Douglas across channel; Douglas Island mountains beyond them fill upper proper left quadrant. Printed in white in bottom proper right corner: ""October Moon" Juneau — Alaska" and, in bottom proper left corner: "Winter—Pond Co. (c)". Handwritten caption below photo reads "Federal building / October Moon."
A — Album page, 7" x 11.25" manilla paper , with handwritten captions on front and back.
B — Black and white photo of downtown Juneau, aerial shot facing toward northwest with evergreen tree in central foreground and other trees and branches visible around bottom and proper left edge of photo. View of downtown buildings with channel in background and bottom of Douglas Island just visible along top edge of photo. Printed in white along bottom edge: "804" "JUNEAU, ALASKA" and (underlined) "T. Davis". List of buildings handwritten below photo: "1 Gov. hospital / 2 Building at fairgrounds. / 3 Jail / 4 Goldstein building — (has an elevator) five stories high / 5 Federal building / 6 Scottish Rite Temple / 7 Methodist Church / 8 Zinda Hotel (has elevator) / 9 High School building / 10 Grade " " [ditto marks written under phrase "School building"] / 11 McKinnon Apartment building / 12 Behrends Department store the largest store in Juneau. / 13 Alaska Press. / 14 Telephone office."
C — Black and white photo of Juneau taken from slightly north of downtown looking downhill and southeast. Roof tops along bottom edge of photo in foreground, then patch of trees in lower proper left quadrant, then more downtown buildings. Channel extends from center of proper left edge back toward upper proper right quadrant, where bottom of Mount Roberts can be seen. Douglas mountains with snow on top visible in upper proper left quadrant. Printed in white along bottom edge: "241 — Juneau Alaska." and "T. Davis." Handwritten caption below photo reads: "Looking south east, down the channel. Douglas can be seen across this channel."
D — Black and white photo of downtown Juneau taken from across the channel. Mount Juneau in upper proper right quadrant with city lights visible at foot. Top 1/3 of Mount Juneau is covered in snow, with white lines running down mountain. Mount Roberts (darker) in upper proper left quadrant. Lights of city are reflected as white vertical lines in channel, which fills lower half of photo. Corner of what appears to be a roof top just visible in lower proper right corner. Also in lower proper right corner, printed in white: "Lights o' Juneau." Signature "WPCo. (c)" in white in lower proper left corner. Handwritten caption below photo reads: "A picture of Juneau taken after dark showing the reflection of lights in the water. To the right is the Gold mine and mill. Mt. Juneau capped with snow."
E — Black and white photo, slight aerial view of downtown facing southeast with Federal building prominent in lower proper left quadrant. Streetlights and illuminated building windows appear slightly fuzzy because of camera exposure; particularly fuzzy line of lights extends diagonally upward from center of proper right edge. Channel traverses photo approximately 1/3 of the way down, with snow—capped mountains visible across end of channel in upper proper right corner. Dotted lights of town on Douglas across channel; Douglas Island mountains beyond them fill upper proper left quadrant. Printed in white in bottom proper right corner: ""October Moon" Juneau — Alaska" and, in bottom proper left corner: "Winter—Pond Co. (c)". Handwritten caption below photo reads "Federal building / October Moon."
People:
Dryden, Floyd
McLear, Pat
Dryden, Nannie
McLear, Pat
Dryden, Nannie
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