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, Photo Archivist

TITLE: Otto Koppen Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2008.047

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1914-1917

Extent: 6 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Otto Koppen

Administrative/Biographical History:
Otto Koppen (1882-1979) was a resident of Cordova and member of the Pioneers of Alaska.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of six black-and-white photographs from the Yukon River and Tanana
areas, taken circa 1914-1917.

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:
Otto Koppen Photographs, Anchorage Museum, B2008.047

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Transferred from the Cordova Historical Society.


SUBJECTS
Steamboats—Alaska
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Saint Mary's (Alaska)
Saint Michael (Alaska)
Nulato (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
 1 — [fish, strung up on boat]
2 — On Yukon [two Alaska Native men sitting on wooden barrels outside house, woman seated on stoop, young boy standing next to her, laundry hanging on clothesline at left, driftwood piled in yard]
3 — [two Alaska Native men with woman and young boy on river bank, laundry drying on clothesline at right, same people as in .2; at AFN 2014, location tentatively identified as Nulato]
4 — [small Russian blockhouse, steamboat on water in background; at AFN 2013, location identified as St. Michael]
5 — [view of buildings and large riverboat dry docked in Yukon River town, St. Michael?]
6 — [Yukon River landing, with steamer Margaret on shore in foreground, church and other buildings on rise on opposite side of river; possibly St. Mary’s, where the Margaret was abandoned in 1917] Guide updated: December 16, 2014