Women browse the souvenirs a Native American woman has for sale, Sitka, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Women browse the souvenirs a Native American woman has for sale, Sitka, 1946

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

September 13, 1946

Date

1946-09-13

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of 2 women browsing the goods being sold by a Native American woman on a dock at Chatham near Sitka, Alaska. The dock extends from the foreground and back into the distance on an angle from right to left. A building stands along the right side of the dock and stretches into the distance at center. In front of the building, a Native American woman stands in the near distance, right-of-center. She faces to the left. In front of her, items she has for sale lie on the ground. Two women in long coats stand at center with their backs to the camera and look at the items for sale. Behind the trio, an awning stretches over a portion of the dock and across the image from right to left. Mountains are visible beyond the far end of the dock at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2193. Alaska Trip. Chatham Sept.13, 1946 1. A shore settlement 2. The inlet at Chatham 3. Hauling nets to dock for drying 4. Natives have souvenirs for sale 5. Beach below Chatham dock 6. Point below dock at low tide 7. Dock at Chatham 8. [handwritten:] SAME AS NO 4 - SOUVENIRS [end handwritten]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Alaska--Sitka

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sightseers--Alaska--Sitka
Indigenous peoples--Alaska
Street vendors--Alaska--Sitka