Location on shelf: CS 30, A1
Completed by JD; 2/11/2009
LATOUCHE COLLECTION. Photos. 1 album in .33 cu. ft. 1910s – 1920s.
B80.29. Inventory.

Latouche, Alaska was a community located on Latouche Island in the Prince William Sound.
The Beatson Copper Mine opened on the island and began shipping materials in 1904. In 1915,
the mine was taken over by the Kennecott Corporation. At its peak in 1917-1918, almost 4,000
people lived on the island, with 300 people working in the Beatson mine.

The Latouche Collection consists of 400 photographs and 30 negatives of Latouche, Alaska .
Photographs of Latouche include scenic views of the town, the dock, portraits of adults and
children, school teacher Mrs. Gus Mantley (sic) with her students in 1910, and the masquerade
ball on January 24, 1915. Other photographic subjects include passengers of the S.S.
Northwestern, radio operators, log cabins, various ships including the steamship S.S. Santa Clara
and the S.S. Alameda, diving for the wreck of the S.S. Princess Sophia, Thompson Pass, engine
102 of the CR & NW Railway, bear cubs, trapping, fox farming, and images of Anchorage,
including the Oscar Andersen house. The collection is arranged in number order in one album.

This collection was purchased from McGregor by the Anchorage Museum in 1980.


Location on shelf: CS 30, A1
Completed by JD; 2/11/2009

LATOUCHE COLLECTION. Photos. 1 album in .33 cu. ft. 1910s – 1920s.
B80.29. Inventory.


INVENTORY

BOX 1

Series 1: Photographs
Album 1
B80.29.1 – 402