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FRANK S. GLASER (1887-1974). Photographs; n.d., 1922. .1 cu. ft. List.
Frank S. Glaser was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1887. He came to Alaska in 1915, trapping in the Savage River and Black Rapids regions. A World War I veteran, Glaser operated a roadhouse for ten years at Black Rapids near the Delta River on the Valdez Trail. In 1930, he began work as a professional hunter for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As a predator control agent, Glaser killed coyotes and wolves, and instructed trappers in efficient killing techniques. During his government career, he was stationed in Fairbanks, Nunivak, Kotzebue, Noatak, Nome and Anchorage. He retired and moved to Anchorage in 1955, and continued to shoot color movie film of Alaskan wildlife. Frank Glaser died in Anchorage in 1974.
The collection consists of the photographs of Frank S. Glaser. The collection contains 28 black and white prints, one photomechanical print, and 11 black and white preservation copy negatives of selected images. Subjects of the photographs include: Frank Glaser; the Rapids or Black Rapids Roadhouse on the Valdez Trail near the Delta River, including area scenery; Glaser's hunting cabin; bear hides; bear, caribou and mountain sheep trophies; dogs; moose on the Kenai Peninsula; and caribou hunters. Most of the photographs were taken in the Black Rapids area. Twenty-seven of the photographs are contact prints from original negatives, and twelve of those are marked as having been taken by Frank Glaser. The contact prints may have been made for a member of a hunting party staying at the Rapids Roadhouse in September 1922.
The collection was presented to the archives by Margaret Poynter in 2005. A deed of gift was signed in 2005.
HMC-0770
JAS (7/2005)