Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2001.01.030
Accession#:
2001.01
Credit Line:
Donated by Joan Harju.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
"Madonna and Child" Photograph
Photographer:
Fred Belcher
Place:
Juneau
Date:
1960
Description:
Large black and white picture of fur—wearing Native (Eskimo?) woman with infant on her back. Woman is to right in photo and baby is left. Fur in foreground and picture features only people's heads. Back has photo paper inscription: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK".
Notes:
Collected & preserved by donor.
Fred Belcher was a photographer for the State of Alaska. He was killed in helicopter crash August '71 in the Valdez area while on official business for the State.
Search Terms:
Ethnographic
Native
Portrait
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"Madonna and Child" Photograph