[Alaska Photographica]: [Early Film Photography]:

$14,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[ARCHIVE OF EARLY FILM PHOTOGRAPHS RETAINED BY GUERNEY HAYS, A CINEMA SET AND LIGHTING SPECIALIST FROM OREGON, WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SET OF The Chechahcos, A 1924 AMERICAN SILENT FILM SET ... A treasure house of silent cinema photography from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, featuring over 300 images from The Chechahcos and other films produced in the orbit of the film's director Lewis H. Moomaw, all retained by one of his crewmen, Guerney William Hays.The Chechahcos, released in 1924, was the first feature film shot in Alaska. "Cheechako" is a native word referring to a "greenhorn," or someone newly arrived in the mining districts of Alaska or northwestern Canada. A melodramatic tale of the Klondike Gold Rush, the was directed by Lewis H. Moomaw of the Alaska Moving Pictures Corporation. The story was based in part on the experiences of the film's producer, Austin E. Lathrop, known as "Alaska's first home-grown millionaire." The film has been preserved in the National Film Registry and can easily be viewed on the internet. Offered here is a large collection of photographs and other ephemera once belonging to a Chechahcos crew member named Guerney William Hays (1880-1952), including film stills, snapshots from the set, and other images of Alaska scenery. Many of the images match up with scenes from the completed film. The subject matter includes all that might be expected from a film produced in and about Alaska: glaciers, dogsleds, saloons, archvillains and damsels

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