Governor Swineford collected the photographs during the 1887 voyage he and his wife, Minnie Swineford, took aboard the Thetis. Included are views of the Thetis and its crew,Alaska Natives from various regions of the State of Alaska, seal...
Title taken from image caption. Three Alaska Native women, one holding a child; an Alaska Native man, and an officer from the Thetis. A dog on the left. The group is standing before the door to an underground dwelling.
Cover: "Scrap-book, belonged to George Kostrometinoff ('Father Sergius') who was in the employ of the Russian gov't. and also the United States gov't.in the early days."
The revenue Cutter Thetis in Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska. Railroad tracks leading to dock in foreground. Original size of photgraph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Includes profiles of Wrangell Island, St. Paul's Island and Ugomok Island. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Drawn by Louis Waldecker." Corrected to 1891. "Additions and corrections, in 1889, by the...