REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist

TITLE: CIHS Bowman Collection

COLLECTION NUMBER: B1962.007

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1915

Extent: 3 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Robert Dempsey, Maude Dempsey

Administrative/Biographical History:
According to donor correspondence, the photographs were taken by Alaska Steamship
Company mail clerk Robert Dempsey, and made into postcards by his wife Maude.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection contains three photographic postcards of tent city Anchorage in 1915. For more
information, see Detailed Description of Collection.

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in good condition.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
CIHS Bowman Collection, Anchorage Museum, B1962.007

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by Rachel Bowman in January 1962.

Processing Note
Guide created from card catalog data and accession file inventory; photographs not physically
consulted at time of writing.


SUBJECTS
Frontier and pioneer life—Alaska—Anchorage
Anchorage (Alaska)


Detailed Description of the Collection
 1 — Government lighter at Anchorage, Alaska, May 20, 1915
2 — Anchorage, Alaska, July 15, 1915
 3 — Anchorage, Fourth Avenue, west end between K & L Streets (Inlet Hotel at left), Anchorage, Alaska Guide written: June 22, 2016