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| Title | Indian merchants at Treadwell Mines on Douglas Island, Alaska, ca. 1898 - 1912 |
| Photographer | La Roche, Frank |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | ca. 1905 |
| Notes | After the Treadwell Mines opened in 1881, women came from nearby villages to sell baskets, beaded clothing, and other wares to the gold miners and tourists. The baskets for sale in this photograph are Tlingit in style. The Treadwell Mines were located on Douglas Island, across the channel from Juneau.
Caption on image: "Indian merchants at Treadwell Mines"
After photographing many parts of the United States, Frank La Roche arrived in Seattle in 1889. He was active in Seattle and beginning in 1898, made around 100 trips to Alaska and the Yukon. La Roche retired in 1912 and died in Sedro-Wooley, Washington in the 1930s. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 4, 1906; Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers, p. 500.) |
| Subjects | Treadwell Mines; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Douglas Island--Commerce; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Douglas Island--Women; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Douglas Island--Clothing & dress; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Douglas Island--Arts & crafts; Baskets; Women--Alaska--Douglas Island; Clothing & dress--Alaska--Douglas Island |
| Location Depicted | Alaska--Douglas Island--Treadwell Mines |
| Object Type | Silver gelatin prints |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin print ; good. |
| Negative Number | SHS 9 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Repository | Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions see:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/ordering.php
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| Acquisition | Gift of Floriyene Brown, 1952; acc. no. 9 |
| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
