Woman holding infant seated on porch with two small boys and large dog, Takotna, Alaska, September 1914

Caption under photo: A Typical Alaska Family. McPherson number: K485 PH Coll 495.2-51d Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Com...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Subjects:
Women > Alaska > Takotna
Children > Alaska > Takotna
Infants > Alaska > Takotna
Dwellings > Alaska > Takotna
Dogs > Alaska > Takotna
Takotna (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc.
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3926
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Summary:Caption under photo: A Typical Alaska Family. McPherson number: K485 PH Coll 495.2-51d Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers.

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