Merrill, holding a shotgun, leans against the corner of a log cabin [belonging to Pihl, an early-day Sitka saloon owner]; wild fowl and other game hangs along one end of cabin
Sign above door reads "Hotel Pihl, Sitka Hot Spring." Pihl was an early day Sitka saloon owner and bootlegger. (per Joe Ashby, 1988) George Thornton Emmons is man on left (per Jerry Dzugan 5/4/05), and Merrill on right. (verso).]
Title taken from collection notes. Verso: Backdrop is dragon-fly made up for special dance. Decitan group Sitka Potlatch 1904. 1st. row left: Andrew Dick. Photographer's number 182.
Tlingits in full regalia, with robes, headdresses, carved paddles, and face paint; behind is a large replica of a dragon fly See also ASL-P57-028, where individuals are identified
Jack Watson was Ahtna Athabascan from Copper Center, Alaska. Mary James was an Auk Kwáan Tlingit from the L'eeneidí (Raven/Dog Salmon) Clan and the Yaxte hít (Big Dipper House). She was born in 1835, and died on September 29, 1922 at age 87....