Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2004.58.005 A—H
Accession#:
2004.58
Credit Line:
Donated by Brian Wallace.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Photograph album of tideland fill, circa 1940
Photographer:
Wallace, Amos
Place:
Juneau
Date:
11/01/1940
Description:
A is album page. B to H are black and white photographs, 4.25 by 3 inches. All photos horizontally oriented unless otherwise noted.
A — Black paper album page with two holes proper right side. Six photos affixed to front; one photo affixed to back, possibly some missing (unclear whether there is any adhesive residue from photos previously affixed to page). Caption "Jeopardy for Cooperation ——" printed in white ink beside first two photos on front of page; "Paul" printed in white ink, lower proper right corner, next to number "4" handwritten in pencil.
B — Photograph, rocky bank with collapsed wood pilings in foreground on lower level, and houses in background on upper level. Dump truck (facing proper right) at edge of bank on upper level; truck bed is tipped back, and white cloud of dust is rising from bank directly below truck. Man standing next to truck, facing it; group of people gathered in upper proper right quadrant of photo.
C — Photograph, same scene as previous but from slightly different angle; more pilings and rocks are now visible in foreground. Large white cloud of dust rising from rocky bank.
D — Photograph, rocky bank with capped pilings extending out from it toward proper right edge of photo; man stands on second piling from photographer and bends over, looking downward. Houses in background on upper level, behind bank; proper right roof of house has ladder on it.
E — Photograph, same scene as previous but from slightly different angle; more pilings and rocks are now visible in foreground. Man is no longer in photo.
F — Photograph, rocky bank with pilings extending out from it toward proper left edge of photo; houses in background on upper level of bank. Wooden boardwalk visible along bottom edge of photo, in foreground. Person standing in upper proper right quadrant, turned toward proper left and facing slightly away from photographer.
G — Photograph, road runs along proper right side of image away from photographer, curving to proper left near top of photo. Rocky bank with numerous pilings (cut very low) on it slopes downward from road toward proper left. Some houses visible in upper proper right corner, as well as one building that appears to be straddling rock fill on proper left side of road, with a ditch running through rocks under the house.
H — Photograph, ditch at bottom of rocky bank that slopes upward in upper proper left quadrant of image. Short—cut pilings and debris scattered across ditch.
A — Black paper album page with two holes proper right side. Six photos affixed to front; one photo affixed to back, possibly some missing (unclear whether there is any adhesive residue from photos previously affixed to page). Caption "Jeopardy for Cooperation ——" printed in white ink beside first two photos on front of page; "Paul" printed in white ink, lower proper right corner, next to number "4" handwritten in pencil.
B — Photograph, rocky bank with collapsed wood pilings in foreground on lower level, and houses in background on upper level. Dump truck (facing proper right) at edge of bank on upper level; truck bed is tipped back, and white cloud of dust is rising from bank directly below truck. Man standing next to truck, facing it; group of people gathered in upper proper right quadrant of photo.
C — Photograph, same scene as previous but from slightly different angle; more pilings and rocks are now visible in foreground. Large white cloud of dust rising from rocky bank.
D — Photograph, rocky bank with capped pilings extending out from it toward proper right edge of photo; man stands on second piling from photographer and bends over, looking downward. Houses in background on upper level, behind bank; proper right roof of house has ladder on it.
E — Photograph, same scene as previous but from slightly different angle; more pilings and rocks are now visible in foreground. Man is no longer in photo.
F — Photograph, rocky bank with pilings extending out from it toward proper left edge of photo; houses in background on upper level of bank. Wooden boardwalk visible along bottom edge of photo, in foreground. Person standing in upper proper right quadrant, turned toward proper left and facing slightly away from photographer.
G — Photograph, road runs along proper right side of image away from photographer, curving to proper left near top of photo. Rocky bank with numerous pilings (cut very low) on it slopes downward from road toward proper left. Some houses visible in upper proper right corner, as well as one building that appears to be straddling rock fill on proper left side of road, with a ditch running through rocks under the house.
H — Photograph, ditch at bottom of rocky bank that slopes upward in upper proper left quadrant of image. Short—cut pilings and debris scattered across ditch.
Notes:
G — As per Willette Janes, road in this image is "main road of Village."
All photos appear to be shots of approximately the same location, from different angles.
All photos appear to be shots of approximately the same location, from different angles.
People:
Wallace, Brian
Wallace, Amos
Wallace, Amos
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Auke
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