Box 4

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Contains 2 mounted black and white photographs of Chief Shakes's and another Chief’s totems in front of large homes in Wrangel, Alaska. Photographs are labeled and were taken by F.W. Carlyon.

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Contains 1 professional portrait of Nootka or Haida Indian man from that was first taken by Naegeli Studios in New York before being mounted and presumably used at The World’s Columbia Exposition of 1893. There appear to be notes from Boas on the back reading: "Only if tattooing will show plainly!" This photograph appears to be the same man featured in Box 1, Folder 9.

Scope and Contents Contains 3 black and white mounted photographs. One photograph taken and/or printed by Picturesque Views of Alaska Scenery of Sitka, Alaska is signed by Edward de Groffs and depicts Twin Totems in Howkan, Alaska. Another photograph printed by Merrill Boston depicts a tribal dance ceremony and has a note on the back that indicates it was taken in Sitka in 1899. The last photograph is of a native American boys on a porch with handwritten notes on the back indicating tribes and/or names of the...

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Contains 3 mounted black and white photographs taken by F.W. Carlyon of the S.S. Dirigo leaving Wrangell, Alaska, a canyon on the Stikine River, and the Big Riffle on the Stikine River.

Scope and Contents Contains 7 photographs of Northwest Coast Indians, sites, and sculptures. One mounted, professional photograph taken by The King Studio of Vancouver, B.C. depicts 3 Thompson Indians, Chief Paul David; Joseph David and John Star; and Boas's assistant James Teit. There is also a photograph of a native woman with a child with the note “Koskeemo Clootchmen, Quatsino Sound, V.I." and three portraits of Native men that are not further labeled. The last photograph is of stone objects and was taken...

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Contains 1 professionally mounted photograph of a Northwest Indian home and totems. The photograph was mounted by R. Maynard studios in Victoria, B.C. There are some faint notes in pencil on the photograph.

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Contains 1 mounted reproduction of a painting by Will S. Taylor which was originally painted in 1911. Notes on the back indicate this was published in the American Museum Journal in April of ’91. There are cropping notes at the bottom of the image.Reproduction is on one sheet of cardstock paper.

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Contains 3 black and white portraits of the same Chinook woman. These photos are stamped with “The Boas Collection 43” and have some additional notes on the back indicating that she is Chinook.