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...
Chief Jake, Chief Yetlma, and Chief Andrew Dick sitting indoors in native regalia, with several masks beside them and a ceremonial bowl. Photographer's number 609.
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
Title taken from verso. View of home of Alaskan Native chief, with totem poles in foreground. Also from verso: "1923 scrapbook." Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1923. Original photograph size: 3" x 5 3/8".
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.