Accompanying notes: Could be Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gartterman and Son Herman Jr. from Koggiung, AK on Kuichak River, 18 miles West of Naknek. Mrs. Gotteman's maiden name was Anna Larson - she was from Nushagak.
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 from image caption As early as 1775, Russian Orthodox Churches were built in nearly every Alaskan village under Russian influence; artist Sam McClain, painting from old photographs, drawings, or other likenesses, produced 106 watercolors...
Title from image caption As early as 1775, Russian Orthodox Churches were built in nearly every Alaskan village under Russian influence; this Nushagak church is possibly St. Seraphim of Sarov