The majority of this collection is a disbound album of photographs of Alaska taken by A. L. Broadbent. These views show Revenue Cutter Service ships and officers; Alaskan natives; towns; scenery; the fur trade and mission schools. Other notable photographs in this collection include portraits of John C. Frémont, Harrison Gray Otis, and John A. Sutter; a series of Lake Tahoe cartes-de-visite (card photographs); and cartes-de-visite views of early western settlers around the time of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889.

84 photographs in 2 boxes; photographs 18 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 in.) and smaller. See itemized list under "Additional collection guides."

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