"Drying Fish on the Yukon River, Alaska"

stereograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Keystone View Co.
USA, Alaska; North America, Yukon River
Circa 1900
paper
3.50 x 7.00 x 0

Stereograph; copy albumen print with round upper corners; mounted on concave grey board; native Alaskan drying salmon [?] on Yukon River, Alaska, circa 1910; split fish hung on supports made from branches; six men and one boy pose for photographer; printed in black at lower right "11518 Drying Fish on the Yukon River, Alaska"; printed along left margin "Keystone View Company/ COPYRIGHTED/ Manufacturers Publishers/ MADE IN U.S.A."; printed along right margin "Meadville Pa., New York, N.Y./ Chicago IL, London, England". Text on reverse describes salmon industry, fishing techniques, and mentions fish wheels.

1997.35.3