Here are some photographs from my collection that I could use some help in identifying. If you know anything about any of these photos or recognize any of the people in them, please drop me a line. Thanks much for looking!  Ambrotypes, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, daguerreotypes, magic lantern, stereoviews, tintypes.

Carte de visite by J. M. Jacobsen of
        Hamburg of a Greenland Kalaaleq mother and child
Carte de visite by J. M. Jacobsen of Hamburg of a Greenland Kalaaleq mother and child, I presume. Anyone recognize her or know her story?

CDV of John Luther (?) in an
        eastern arctic outfit taken by New Bedford photographers Knowles
        & Hillman. Was Luther a whaler? There was a John P. Luther
        who was a whaling master.

CDV of John Luther (?) in an eastern arctic outfit taken by New Bedford photographers Knowles & Hillman. Was Luther a whaler?
There was a John P. Luther who was a whaling master.



Carte de visite of a Samoyed man?
Carte de visite of a Samoyed man?

Cabinet card. Unidentified man and
        unidentified location, possibly Alaska. Inupiat or Yup'ik?
        Standing next to a barabara?
Cabinet card. Unidentified man and unidentified location, possibly Alaska. Inupiat or Yup'ik? Standing next to a barabara?




Cabinet card. She looks like a
        Revenue Cutter. Is she a Revenue Cutter?
Cabinet card. She looks like a Revenue Cutter. Is she a Revenue Cutter? 
The smoke stack seems to be taller and leaning more, which looks more like the Wolcott than the Wayanda (which had a shorter, more vertical stack).
On a Bradley & Rulfson mount, 429 Montgomery Street. Bradley & Rulfson were at this address circa 1873-1883.

Cabinet card of a sailor taken
        in Sitka, Alaska, by Reuben Albertstone. Anyone recognize this
        man?
Cabinet card of a sailor taken in Sitka, Alaska, by Reuben Albertstone. Anyone recognize this man?

Cabinet card of a sailor from
        the USRC Thomas Corwin. Recognize him? Backmark: "Cramer's
        California Gallery, 402 Kearny St., cor. Pine, San
        Franicisco."
Cabinet card of a sailor from the USRC Thomas Corwin. Recognize him?
Backmark: "Cramer's California Gallery, 402 Kearny St., cor. Pine, San Franicisco."

Eskimos in a car with bearskin
        rug on hood. Maybe Seattle?
Eskimos in a car with bearskin rug on hood. Maybe Seattle?

2 photos from my USS Thetis
        collection, 1887-1888. Know the names of any of these men?
2 photos from my USS Thetis collection, 1887-1888. Know the names of any of these men?

Seattle Photo and Art Co.,
        which was in business from 1897-1899. Know him?
Seattle Photo and Art Co., which was in business from 1897-1899. Know him?

Man with a collection of
        Tlingit objects. Cabinet card with backmark of Melander,
        Chicago. I don't know who he is.
Man with a collection of Tlingit objects. Cabinet card with backmark of Melander, Chicago. I don't know who he is.

Does anyone recognize this
        location? Alaska or Yukon?
Does anyone recognize this location? Alaska or Yukon?


Alaska? Location?
Alaska? Location?

This one came with a group of
        1931 photographs from Atka & Attu. Recognize them?
This one came with a group of 1931 photographs from Atka & Attu. Recognize them?



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