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Original antique and vintage prints of Alaska and Pacific Northwest subjects

Original vintage prints from various sources, circa 1880s-1940s


[The Davidson Glacier]
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #1]
[The Davidson Glacier]

Original antique photogravure from
John Muir's Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope. California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc.
 New York and San Francisco: J. Dewing Publishing Company, 1888.

Sheet size: approximately 16 x 12 inches
Image size: about 9.75 x 6.375 inches

minor foxing in margins and light edge/corner wear

[The Great Glacier]
Please click on above thumbnail for an enlarged view and to assess condition.
The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #2]
[The Great Glacier]

Original antique photogravure from
John Muir's Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope. California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc.
 New York and San Francisco: J. Dewing Publishing Company, 1888.

Sheet size: approximately 16 x 12 inches
Image size: about 11.675 x 7.375 inches

minor foxing in margins and edge/corner wear

[The Peak Glacier of Sir Donald]
Please click on above thumbnail for an enlarged view and to assess condition.
The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #3]
[The Peak Glacier of Sir Donald]

Original antique photogravure from
John Muir's Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope. California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc.
 New York and San Francisco: J. Dewing Publishing Company, 1888.

Sheet size: approximately 12 x 16 inches
Image size: about 6.675 x 10.5 inches

minor foxing in margins and edge/corner wear and short tears at edges

$20
Alaskan gold 1910
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #4]

A Gold Shipment from Alaska – $1,200,000

Tundra Mining Scene at Nome

Original antique photogravure from
Artwork of Seattle & Alaska.
Edition De Luxe of Photogravures.
W. D. Harney Photogravure Co., Racine, WI, 1910

Sheet size: approximately 10.75 x 14 inches
Image sizes (each): about 8 x 5.5 inches

$10
Sitka alaska greek church
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #5]

Sikta, Alaska

Greek Church • Interior of Greek Church

Original antique lithograph, circa 1880

Sheet size: approximately 7.125 x 5.375 inches

$20
The Vanguard of Western Expansion
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #6]

The Vanguard of Western Expansion

Original antique print, circa 1890-1910, from unknown source

Sheet size: approximately 9.375 x 5.675 inches

text on back

$5
The Coal Lands of Alaska
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #7]

The Coal Lands of Alaska

Original antique print, circa 1890-1910, from unknown source

Sheet size: approximately 5.675 x 9.375 inches

text on back

$5
Indian Warfare: The Pitched Battle
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #8]

Indian Warfare: The Pitched Battle

Original antique print, circa 1890-1910, from unknown source

Sheet size: approximately 5.675 x 9.375 inches

text on back

$5
THE SURGE
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #9]

SIDE A
The Surge
An Alaska beach scene

Original antique print, circa 1890-1910, from unknown source

Sheet size: approximately 9.25 x 8.25 inches

photos printed on both sides

Steamship Ohio Preparing to Sail
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #9]

SIDE B
Steamship Ohio Preparing to Sail

Original antique print, circa 1890-1910, from unknown source

Sheet size: approximately 5.675 x 9.375 inches

photos printed on both sides

$10
Settlement of the Pacific Coast
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #10]

Settlement of the Pacific Coast
(The Canadian fur-traders Seize Astoria from the Americans)
From a painting by the American artist, W. Maontague Cary

Original antique print, circa 1890-1910, from unknown source

Sheet size: approximately 10.375 x 6.375 inches

text attached to back

$5
Sikta from water, showing the Three Sisters in the background
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #11]

Sikta from water, showing the Three Sisters in the background

Original antique photolithograph, circa 1907

Sheet size: approximately 11.325 x 9.875 inches
Image "tipped" on left side only to backing paper, is about 7.5 x 5.5 inches

$20
Fort Wrangell, one of the interesting old towns
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #12]

Fort Wrangell, one of the interesting old towns

Original antique photolithograph, circa 1907

Sheet size: approximately 11.325 x 9.875 inches
Image "tipped" on to backing paper, is about 7.25 x 4.125 inches

$20
Birds-eye view of Seward – Terminus of Alaska C.P.R.
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #13]

Birds-eye view of Seward – Terminus of Alaska C.P.R.

Original antique photolithograph, circa 1907

Sheet size: approximately 11.325 x 9.875 inches
Image "tipped" on left side only to backing paper, is about 7.675 x 5.5 inches

$20
The Great Treadwell Gold Mine – The Largest in the World
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #14]

The Great Treadwell Gold Mine – The Largest in the World

Original antique photolithograph, circa 1907

Sheet size: approximately 11.325 x 9.875 inches
Image "tipped" on to backing paper, is about 7.5 x 5.5 inches

$20
alaska waits for war life magazine 1942
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #15]

Alaska Waits for War

Original 10-page photo article from the January 19, 1942 Life magazine

Sheet size: approximately 10.5 x14.125 inches
includes all 10 pages of article, with many photos –
pages are stapled together top left

$50
alaska waits for war life magazine 1942
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #16]

Plane Transport

Original from "Alaska Waits for War" article in the January 19, 1942 Life magazine (see above right for complete article)

Sheet size: approximately 10 x 6.5 inches
photos and text on back

$20
alaska waits for war life magazine 1942
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The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique or vintage print.
[Ref. #17]

Sitka's Navy air base

Original from "Alaska Waits for War" article in the January 19, 1942 Life magazine (see above right for complete article)

Sheet size: approximately 10 x 6.5 inches
photos and text on back

$20

Thousands of original antique and vintage landscape and topography prints here