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Greek burial ground -- Saint Paul's Island
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Greek burial ground—Saint Paul's Island
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The 282 photographic prints in this collection document voyages of the United States Revenue Cutters "Bear," "Corwin," and "Richard Rush" to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean in the 1880s and 1890s. The images depict the boats, Captain Michael A. Healy, Frank A. Healy (Healy's son), the crewmen of the afore-mentioned revenue cutters; Alaskan natives and their homes; and various views of the Alaskan wilderness and towns. The collection provides insight into the people and events the "Bear" and "Corwin" encountered on their voyages while under the command of Healy. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; whaling ships; ice fields in the Arctic Ocean; J.B. Vincent, a survivor of the shipwrecked "Napoleon"; Francis "Frank" Fuller, murderer of Archbishop Charles John Seghers; Alaskan native umiaks and various artifacts; and reindeer stations. Photographers who contributed to this collection include H.W. Bradley, Edward DeGroff, Lt. C.D. Kennedy of the USRC Maine, Geoff Knight, William H. Rulofson, and I.W. Taber. See also photCL 97 for related photographs concerning the "Corwin". The photographs were originally part of the Huntington's Manuscripts collection for Papers of Michael A. Healy, 1881-1900, call number mssHM 47577-47618.
photCL 131
Group of fur seal, St. Paul Island
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Image of a group of fur seals with man standing behind them.
photCL 131 (137)
Yorba family burial grounds, Rancho Santa Ana
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Image of a monument that says "Yorba" and other tombs and headstones in a cemetery identified as the Yorba family burial grounds on Rancho Canon de Santa Ana (present day Yorba Linda, California).
photCL_555_06_240
St. Paul's Island. Seal on killing ground
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Image of seals on Saint Paul Island.
photCL 131 (193)
Soldiers burying ground, Alexandria, Va
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Soldiers' Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, front view of headstones with readable names. One man wanders in back of cemetery, behind headstones and one man can be seen standing in doorway of a small structure, left-hand background of photo. A few houses (farms) rest in the distance. Title on mount: Soldier Burying Ground Alexandria Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 21.
photCL 301 (52)
