Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Pratt, John Francis[1, 2]

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  • Name Pratt, John Francis 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1894  Chilkat River, AK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I90  Camera Workers | P, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2017 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur (visit).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A surveyor with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, he visited the Chilkat River in southeastern Alaska during the summer 1894. According to Sinclair and Engeman's article, he took more than 40 glass plate negatives of Tlingit Indians and scenery along the river. The next year he presented his work through lantern slides to National Geographic Society members.

  • Sources 
    1. [S169] COLLECTION: UWL (Reliability: 3).
      Negatives.

    2. [S457] Jane Sinclair and Richard H. Engeman, Sinclair and Engeman (1991), (Pacific Northwest Quarterly 82, no. 2 (1991):51-58) (Reliability: 3).