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1916–1917 Photo Album of Illinoisan Brothers Ruben and Daniel Dieners in the Territory of Alaska

1916–1917 Photo Album of Illinoisan Brothers Ruben and Daniel Dieners in the Territory of Alaska by [Alaska – Prospecting] Dieners, Ruben; Dieners, Daniel

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Title
1916–1917 Photo Album of Illinoisan Brothers Ruben and Daniel Dieners in the Territory of Alaska
Author
[Alaska – Prospecting] Dieners, Ruben; Dieners, Daniel
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Overall excellent to Near Fine.
Description
Alaska, 1917. Photo album measuring 7 ¼ x 11 ½ inches, containing 187 photos (2 unaffixed) and five loose real photo postcards, with a contemporaneous newspaper clipping. Photos approximately 3 x 4 inches, with generally excellent contrast and in Near Fine condition. Overall excellent to Near Fine.. A photo album belonging to brothers Ruben (1892–1984) and Daniel (1895–1969) Diener, documenting their 1916–1917 journey to the Territory of Alaska. The newspaper clipping reproduces a letter from Dan Diener, describing their time there: “I went with an old prospector to try and locate a lost mine. We found it, but there was not enough gold to pay for mining it, so in that respect our trip was a failure. [...] I lived in a tent with a small sheet iron stove during all this time and strange as it seems it was fairly comfortable. [...] One day I walked, or snowshoed, 30 miles for my mail when the thermometer was 58 below. [...] But the hardships were sweetened at times with the most beautiful scenery man can imagine.” (March 1917) The Dieners’ trip took them to Alaska’s southern coast, to Ketchikan, Cordova, Valdez, and Seward. There are some identifiable ships, including the Admiral Farragut, the Mariposa (shortly before its sinking), and the wreck of the James Drummond in British Columbia. Subjects include Chief Johnson’s totem pole in Ketchikan, erected in 1902 in honor of Chief Gut Wain (George Johnson; d. 1938) of the Gaanaxadi clan of the Tongass tribe—a real photo postcard from Kasaan shows many brightly colored totem poles along the shore, with dilapidated wooden houses behind them—boats filled with fish outside the Carlisle Packing Company in Cordova, and a real photo postcard of a man and dog captioned “READY FOR THE SUMMER TRAIL / SEWARD ALASKA” on the back of which Ruben Dieners has written: “Oct 9, 1916. Here you are. This is Judge Hildreth of whom we have written you. Our best friend here, and hereafter. We are going prospecting with him next spring. The dog in the picture carry’s fifty pounds. Brother Ruben.” H.H. Hildreth was a district court commissioner in Seward, editor of the Alaskan newspaper in Sitka and The Alaska Prospector in Valdez, and secretary of the Matanuska Mining Company. The shots of towns show the development of the region: in some, an area of forest has been recently cleared, and stumps of trees might surround a few small wooden houses or platforms where houses are to be erected; while others show towns with telegraph lines, graded dirt roads with sidewalks, dense housing, and railroad and tram lines. Two shots from Seward show the paved sidewalk of its main street with a hotel and bars, and a dog team waiting outside the hardware store. As Dieners wrote, they lived in a tent, and several photos show the outside of the quarters: two semi-permanent canvas tents next to a wide wooden walkway. Others show men, presumably the brothers, snowshoeing, hiking, and riding in a canoe; and, of course, many are scenery shots of forests, waterfalls, and snowcapped mountains. Of interest to historians of post-gold rush Alaska.
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EX POST FACTO LAWS. AN EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF THE PROHIBITORY TERMS USED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT "NO STATE SHALL PASS ANY EX POST FACTO LAWS, OR LAWS IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS. by [Bankruptcy]

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EX POST FACTO LAWS. AN EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF THE PROHIBITORY TERMS USED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT "NO STATE SHALL PASS ANY EX POST FACTO LAWS, OR LAWS IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS.
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[Bankruptcy]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
[Boston?, 1812. 7, [1 blank] pp, as issued, with caption title. Disbound, some spotting, Good+. The author denies that the U.S. Constitution bars Massachusetts from enacting a bankruptcy law. Introduced in the Massachusetts legislature in 1812, the proposed bill would exonerate debtors from liability for their contracted debts. The State's power to do so is a basic, constitutional attribute of State Sovereignty. Indeed, the Constitution grants the national government power to enact uniform bankruptcy laws for the entire nation; it would therefore be "absurd" for Massachusetts to be denied the power to enact such a law for its citizens. Cohen 3605. Sabin 23457. Not in American Imprints. OCLC locates six copies under three accession numbers as of June 2016.
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ARCHITECTURE IN PERSPECTIVE; by Boston Architectural Center

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ARCHITECTURE IN PERSPECTIVE;
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Boston Architectural Center
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Paperback. Very Good. Wraps. 44 full-page photo illus.

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