Totem poles of Tlingit Indians at Wrangell

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Type: Archival materials; Photographs; Slides; Photographic prints; Lantern slides

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Tlingit totem poles or Kad-a-shan Totem Poles in front of a European-style house with bay windows; the totems are built up on a stone-edged platform the width of the house with wooden stairs leading up to it; another traditional house stands to the left in Wrangell, Alaska.

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Collector

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.

Summary

The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis...