Indian Village of Kasaan, Alaska

ClassificationsPhotographs-stereographs

Subject Haida

DateSeries published 1924

Made AtKasaan, Alaska, United States, North America

MediumPhotographic print on cardboard card

Dimensions3 3/8 x 7 x 1/2 in. (8.6 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm)

Object number83.22.9

DescriptionStereographic card of double sepia toned photographs of Native Americans in canoes along a shore line filled with totem poles and wood structures in Kasaan, Alaska. Caption below proper left image reads: “21038 T In the Land of the Totem Poles- The Indian Village of Kasaan, Alaska." "T197" is between the images and refers to the card's position in a set.

This card was manufactured, published and copyrighted by Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., and London, England. It is part of their "Tour of the World" stereograph series.

Detail description on back of card:
"21038
Totem Poles and Indian Village of Kasaan, Alaska
Kasaan, ('Pretty Town,' in the Tlingit dialect) is one if three villages on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, still occupied by the Tajilana family of the Haida Indians. They ejected the Tlingits from it, in accordance with the reputation they bore for aggressiveness and prowess as fighters..."

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