[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 3 boudoir photographs of Chief Shakes Tlingit totem poles and house interior, Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 3 boudoir photographs of Chief Shakes Tlingit totem poles and house interior, Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. boudoir photographs on cardstock mounts (toning, scattered spotting, mounts with corner/edge wear and some areas of loss).
Includes the following titles, printed on mount or in negative: Interior of Chief Shakes' House, Ft. Wrangle [sic]. Portland, OR: Partridge Photo. -- Chief Shake's Totem Poles, Fort Wrangel [sic]. Juneau, AK: Winter & Pond, 1895 (pinhole in top margin of mount, some corner loss to mount). With photographers' Juneau, AK, imprint on verso and a period notation, "This is Shakes himself - These are some of the old, much talked about totem poles at Alaska together with one of our 'Royal Bloods' Chief Shakes." -- Totom [sic] Poles. L.A. Reid (surface abrasions and chipping to mount edges).
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