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Image of two children in fur with sled dogs and sled. On eoif the children is sitting in the sled.
photCL 131 (263)
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Image of two people with sled and sled dogs.
photCL 131 (265)
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The 282 photographic prints in this collection document voyages of the United States Revenue Cutters "Bear," "Corwin," and "Richard Rush" to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean in the 1880s and 1890s. The images depict the boats, Captain Michael A. Healy, Frank A. Healy (Healy's son), the crewmen of the afore-mentioned revenue cutters; Alaskan natives and their homes; and various views of the Alaskan wilderness and towns. The collection provides insight into the people and events the "Bear" and "Corwin" encountered on their voyages while under the command of Healy. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; whaling ships; ice fields in the Arctic Ocean; J.B. Vincent, a survivor of the shipwrecked "Napoleon"; Francis "Frank" Fuller, murderer of Archbishop Charles John Seghers; Alaskan native umiaks and various artifacts; and reindeer stations. Photographers who contributed to this collection include H.W. Bradley, Edward DeGroff, Lt. C.D. Kennedy of the USRC Maine, Geoff Knight, William H. Rulofson, and I.W. Taber. See also photCL 97 for related photographs concerning the "Corwin". The photographs were originally part of the Huntington's Manuscripts collection for Papers of Michael A. Healy, 1881-1900, call number mssHM 47577-47618.
photCL 131
Manuscripts
Jack London, wearing a fur parka and a stocking cap, stands in a snow-covered area with a group of sled dogs. There is a multistory wooden building in the background with snow on the roof.
mssJL JLP 596
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Big Creek Dog Teams - Alaskan "sourdough" Jerry Dwyer with his sled and full team of seven sled dogs. [Two of his dogs died during the time Jerry worked at Big Creek.]
photCL SCE 02 - 06812
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Image of Alaska natives with dogs and their homes.
photCL 131 (142)
