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[ALASKA]. A group of 50 black and white photographs. Circa 1921. A collection of black and white photographs housed in a photo binder depicting aspects of daily life in Alaska during the early 1920s; images include Indigenous peoples, automobiles, railroads, dilapidated Gold Rush-era buildings, and gold panning. Average size 89 x 140 mm. Creases, light staining. Overall condition good. Following the chaos of the First World War and 1918 flu pandemic Alaska saw a great influx of peoples coming migrating north from the Lower 48 in search of opportunity and rest. As a result Alaska?s population boomed, and thus did its infrastructure.