Iñupiaq couple Olemaun and Qusalgana pose with their adopted daughter, Fannie Keerik, who was half Portuguese by her father (whaler?), and part black. Keerik is her married name. Fannie is Phoebe Kippi's mother, and grandmother of the Kippis and...
Title from verso. Portrait of Fannie Negovanna wearing a ruff. As a little girl, Fannie lost her parents a TB outbreak in the North Slope region. She went to Wrangell and was later adopted by Weir and Roseanna Negovanna. Information and...
Title from sleeve. Anchorage Mayor George Sullivan, Mrs. Oscar Olson Biles, Gov. Bill Egan, Fannie Barber. Back to Camera: Neva Egan. Photographer's number: 94. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Jack Peck stands in front of a microphone while William Egan and Fannie Barber Soinee sit listening. Photographer's number: 94. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Neva Egan stands at the microphone during the birthday party of her husband, Governor William Egan. Fannie Barber Soinee, midwife at Egan's birth, with Egan. Photographer's number: 94. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Governor William Egan sits in a banquet room with Fannie Barber, who was the midwife at his birth. Photographer's number: 94. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
As a little girl, Fannie lost her parents a TB outbreak in the North Slope region. She went to Wrangell and was later adopted by Weir and Roseanna Negovanna. Information and identification courtesy of her eldest daughter, Lucille A. Mayer.
As a little girl, Fannie lost her parents a TB outbreak in the North Slope region. She went to Wrangell and was later adopted by Weir and Roseanna Negovanna. Information and identification courtesy of her eldest daughter, Lucille A. Mayer.
Title from sleeve. Marston (left) shakes hands with Former Governor Bill Egan on stage at Egan's birthday party. The woman at right was the midwife at Egan's birth. Photographer's number: 94. 2 1/4 B&W negative.