Name/Title
Russian Samovar, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/380Description
Russian Samovar, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of metal tea or coffee percolator, disassembled, displayed on tabletop. Description below:
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 73E, 85D, 79D-2, 74B, W. H. Case.
Photo. 29? or 59 (5835)
1. Old Russian Samovar, the pride of a chief or any who could own one. Samovars first introduced to natives by Russians, and when U.S. got possession of Alaska, they went out of market. 73E.
Used by natives as a still (85D) -- $25.00.
Old coffee percolator, hand been used for brewing hootch.
"This article had been in the possession of whites for some time, and I am unable to get any exact date as to it other history but feel very certain that it came from Killino and was used by the Tlingits at that place. Their hootch is made of a brew of yeast, prunes, apples, corn meal, flour and any other fruit that they may care to throw into it, and in fact, almost anything that will cause fermentation. This particular still would not make hootch in large quantities, but by keeping it over the fire and at work, would manage to keep them furnished with a considerable amount of intoxicant, Those who. (cont;d on next photo).Collection
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Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"