Indian merchants at Treadwell Mines on Douglas Island, Alaska, ca. 1898 - 1912

After the Treadwell Mines opened in 1881, women came from nearby villages to sell baskets, beaded clothing, and other wares to the gold miners and tourists. The baskets for sale in this photograph are Tlingit in style. The Treadwell Mines were located on Douglas Island, across the channel from Junea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: La Roche, Frank
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Treadwell Mines
Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Douglas Island > Commerce
Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Douglas Island > Women
Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Douglas Island > Clothing & dress
Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Douglas Island > Arts & crafts
Baskets
Women > Alaska > Douglas Island
Clothing & dress > Alaska > Douglas Island
Yukon
Indian
Treadwell
Douglas Island
tlingit
Alaska
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Summary:After the Treadwell Mines opened in 1881, women came from nearby villages to sell baskets, beaded clothing, and other wares to the gold miners and tourists. The baskets for sale in this photograph are Tlingit in style. The Treadwell Mines were located on Douglas Island, across the channel from Juneau. Caption on image: "Indian merchants at Treadwell Mines" After photographing many parts of the United States, Frank La Roche arrived in Seattle in 1889. He was active in Seattle and beginning in 1898, made around 100 trips to Alaska and the Yukon. La Roche retired in 1912 and died in Sedro-Wooley, Washington in the 1930s. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 4, 1906; Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers, p. 500.)

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