Phinney S. Hunt
Views of Valdez, Alaska, and Vicinity, 1900s
Silver prints (37)
Including two multipart panoramas
Including two multipart panoramas
Most 7 x 9 inches, six smaller
Each with photographer's credit, inventory number, and title in negative.
Each with photographer's credit, inventory number, and title in negative.
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This collection of photographs by Phinney S. Hunt’s reflects his ambitions to comprehensively document the Valdez area and its burgeoning community, at the beginning of the 20th century. The collection...
This collection of photographs by Phinney S. Hunt’s reflects his ambitions to comprehensively document the Valdez area and its burgeoning community, at the beginning of the 20th century.
The collection includes three photographs showing Keystone Canyon, an entranceway to Valdez.There are six photos showing scenes along the Thompson pass, a 2,678-foot high mountain pass through the Chugach Mountains near Valdez. These images include an interesting view of the Elevator Summit roadhouse. There are two additional images of roadhouses, one of Wortman’s and one of a garden at the Tonsina roadhouse, both of which were situated along the Valdez-Fairbanks wagon road. The Tonsina roadhouse was built by Jim Donaldson in1900 and remains in operation today as the Tonsina River Lodge. There is also an image of Solomon’s Gulch, located in Valdez, three photos of nearby Knights Island, and a particularly early photograph titled “Landing supplies and passengers at Valdez, Alaska” dated 1898.
A highlight of the collection is an impressive, six-part panoramic photograph showing Childs Glacier and Miles Glacier. Also shown is the Miles Glacier Bridge. Built by J.P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, the bridge was built to haul copper from the mining town of Kennicott to the port at Cordova. It was nicknamed “The Million Dollar Bridge” because of its 1.4 million dollar price tag. A small price to pay for the 200 million dollars of copper ore that was shipped across it. There is also a three part panorama showing Mt. Drum, Mt. Sanford, and Mt. Wrangle (as well as a single image showing a similar scene).
Other included images related to copper mining and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway include a birdseye view of the Copper River Mining Co., a shot of the Kennicott Mine Company’s discharge station, and seven photos of scenes along the C.R. & N.W. line.
In contrast to the imposing mountains and sweeping scenery, his interest in photographing everyday life is represented by an image of Valdez resident Owen Meals “hilling potatoes,” and another of a gentleman identified as “Marshall” standing next to his “barricade.”
Around 1915, Hunt became the official photographer for the Alaskan Engineering Commission but died suddenly two years later.
The collection includes three photographs showing Keystone Canyon, an entranceway to Valdez.There are six photos showing scenes along the Thompson pass, a 2,678-foot high mountain pass through the Chugach Mountains near Valdez. These images include an interesting view of the Elevator Summit roadhouse. There are two additional images of roadhouses, one of Wortman’s and one of a garden at the Tonsina roadhouse, both of which were situated along the Valdez-Fairbanks wagon road. The Tonsina roadhouse was built by Jim Donaldson in1900 and remains in operation today as the Tonsina River Lodge. There is also an image of Solomon’s Gulch, located in Valdez, three photos of nearby Knights Island, and a particularly early photograph titled “Landing supplies and passengers at Valdez, Alaska” dated 1898.
A highlight of the collection is an impressive, six-part panoramic photograph showing Childs Glacier and Miles Glacier. Also shown is the Miles Glacier Bridge. Built by J.P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, the bridge was built to haul copper from the mining town of Kennicott to the port at Cordova. It was nicknamed “The Million Dollar Bridge” because of its 1.4 million dollar price tag. A small price to pay for the 200 million dollars of copper ore that was shipped across it. There is also a three part panorama showing Mt. Drum, Mt. Sanford, and Mt. Wrangle (as well as a single image showing a similar scene).
Other included images related to copper mining and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway include a birdseye view of the Copper River Mining Co., a shot of the Kennicott Mine Company’s discharge station, and seven photos of scenes along the C.R. & N.W. line.
In contrast to the imposing mountains and sweeping scenery, his interest in photographing everyday life is represented by an image of Valdez resident Owen Meals “hilling potatoes,” and another of a gentleman identified as “Marshall” standing next to his “barricade.”
Around 1915, Hunt became the official photographer for the Alaskan Engineering Commission but died suddenly two years later.