Davidson Glacier viewed from the water, circa 1910

Photograph is hand-colored. Caption on image: Davidson Glacier. H.P. Corser PH Coll.Corser.1 Davidson Glacier has its heads on the east slope of the Chilkat Range and its terminus 1.4 miles southwest of Glacier point on Chilkat Inlet, 26 miles southwest of Skagway. The Indian name was reported as Ss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corser, Harry P.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Glaciers > Alaska
Davidson Glacier (Alaska); Photographs > Coloring
Davidson
Davidson Glacier
Glacier Point
Indian
glacier
glaciers
Skagway
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/457
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Summary:Photograph is hand-colored. Caption on image: Davidson Glacier. H.P. Corser PH Coll.Corser.1 Davidson Glacier has its heads on the east slope of the Chilkat Range and its terminus 1.4 miles southwest of Glacier point on Chilkat Inlet, 26 miles southwest of Skagway. The Indian name was reported as Ssitkaje. The Reverend Harry Prosper Corser (1864-1936) was born in Portageville, New York. He was a Presbyterian minister and a writer. He authored a book entitled The Totem Lore of Alaska (1910). In 1910, he was living in Wrangell. [Sources: American Authors & Books and the 1910 U.S. Census]

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