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Str. Susie leaving Dawson.

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Asa Baldwin photograph collection documenting the Alaska Canada boundary survey from 1910 to 1913.

Title	Asa Baldwin photograph collection documenting the Alaska Canada boundary survey from 1910 to 1913.
Identifier	ASL-P71-Album
Collection Name	Asa C. Baldwin Photographs, 1909-1942. ASL-PCA-71
Description	Summary: Many of the photos were taken by Baldwin while he worked as a surveyor for the U.S. government on the Alaska-Canada boundary survey from Demarcation Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias from 1907 to 1913. Also included are images of the Yellow Band Gold Mine, the Bremner Mining Co. camp, Sheriff Mine, glaciers, Native Alaskans, and scenics. Other photographers represented in the collection include: F.H. Nowell, E.A. Hegg, E.C. Guerin, T.C. Dennis, and Curtis and Miller. Biographical note: Asa Columbus Baldwin was born in Austinburg, Ohio, in 1887. He received a B.A. in Civil and Mining Engineering from Case University, Ohio, and a B.S. in law from George Washington University. He was married to Lillian Louise Smith from 1917 until her death in 1933. They had 3 children. In 1935 he married Marguerite Holliday. Asa Baldwin had an extensive career as a civil engineer, surveyor, consulting engineer, and lecturer. He assisted in the first U.S. government marine survey of Kodiak and the Aleutian Islands in 1909. From 1907 to 1913 as a surveyor for the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, he was assigned to the U.S.-Canada International Boundary Commission, Mount St. Elias to Arctic Ocean 141st Meridian Boundary Demarcation Survey. He was the president of Yellow Band Gold Mines, Inc. from 1936 until 1942 and consultant for the Boundary Commission, Kennicott Copper Co., Prince of Wales Mines, Alaska-Juneau Mine, the Alaska Railroad, Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Schlumberger Electrical Prospecting Methods of Paris, France. He died of a heart attack, September 18, 1942.
Creator	Baldwin, Asa Columbus, 1887-1942
Subject.TGM	Boundary markers Boundaries Albums
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives
Personal Name	Baldwin, Asa Columbus, 1887-1942
Region	Alaska Outside Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Type	Image (Photographs) Image (Photograph albums)
Related Materials	Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%2250134252%22
Ordering & Use	http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

Title	Str. Susie leaving Dawson.
Identifier	ASL-P71-007
Collection Name	Asa C. Baldwin Photographs, 1909-1942. ASL-PCA-71
Description	Title from verso. Verso: 1st steamer for lower river, 1910. From a portion of the Asa Baldwin collection documenting the Alaska Canada boundary survey from 1910 to 1913.
Creator	Baldwin, Asa Columbus, 1887-1942
Subject.TGM	Surveying Stern wheelers Steamboats
Subject.LCSH	Alaska Boundaries Canada
Corporate Name	Susie (Sternwheeler)
Location	Yukon River (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date.original	1910
Type	Image (Photographs)
Related Materials	Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%2250134252%22
Ordering & Use	http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

Asa Baldwin photograph collection documenting the Alaska Canada boundary survey from 1910 to 1913.

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