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Group of (9) original vintage 8x10 photographs, each bearing a signature, inscription, or facsimile/stamped autograph. Subjects include silent and early sound era actors, with a mixture of studio portraits and fan photographs. Unidentified male musician in straw hat with pipe, inscribed to Alice Calhoun and dated 1924, with musical notation. Unidentified woman with a lengthy personal inscription. Unidentified young brunette, profile view, hair in bun, signed “Elizabeth.” Clara Kimball Young, full-length portrait by Witzel (Los Angeles), with stamped signature. Wallace Reid, studio portrait with facsimile signature. Charles Ray, hand-tinted Witzel portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Wesley Barry, small fan photo with facsimile signature. George Fawcett, signed portrait dated 1928, blind-stamped by a Hollywood photographer. Rita La Roy, portrait bearing the photographer’s mark of Leonid Fink (Seattle). Provenance: Item(s) in this lot were part of the personal archives of Alaska Nellie (Nellie Neal Lawing), a prominent early 20th-century Alaskan wilderness guide, hunter, and provider of meals to laborers constructing the Alaska Railroad. Nellie maintained a friendship with silent film actress Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), active between 1919 and 1929. As a result of this connection, Nellie acquired a number of Hollywood-adjacent photographs and signed items. Additional photographs and autographs in the collection were obtained during Nellie’s own travels in Alaska, where she encountered a wide range of notable personalities. The complete archive was later donated to the Resurrection Bay Historical Society (RBHS) in Seward, Alaska. Condition Good to very good condition overall. Some prints exhibit minor edge wear, light surface marks, or corner bumps typical of vintage studio photographs.