Emma Widmark Photograph Collection, 1950-1995

Title: Emma Widmark Photograph Collection, 1950-1995

ID: PO/038

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Scope and Contents: This collection consists of three photographs removed from the Emma Widmark manuscript collection, Mss 14. The first image is a black and white photo which captures a group of Tlingit dressed in traditional regalia at Sitka circa 1950, the second captures a color photo of the Joe McNeil family of Klawock in 1995 (mailed to Widmark by the McNeil family), and the final photo consists of a black and white 7 x 10 inch portrait photograph of Alfred Widmark in a suit and tie with an Alaska Native Brotherhood pin and ribbon on his suit jacket, circa 1950.

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Item 1: Photo of Tlingit elders and dancers in regalia at the Sitka National Monument, now the Sitka National Historical Park, in front of the Kaawashákee Gooch Gaas’ (Panting Wolf House Post, made by artist Silver Jim Jacobs), circa 1950, photography by Martin R. Strand.
Item 2: Color photo of the Mr. Joe McNeil family of Klawock, Alaska, circa 1995. This photo was mailed to Widmark in 1995. The reverse is labeled as “Angela, Linda, Martha, Harriet, and baby.”
Item 3: Black and white 7 x 10 inch portrait photograph of Alfred Widmark in a suit and tie with an Alaska Native Brotherhood pin and ribbon on his suit jacket, circa 1950, photographer unknown.