A grouping of three antique trade bead necklaces to include an example with dentalium shells and multi-colored Russian trade beads, a strand of Russian cobalt trade beads, and a strand of milky glass and cobalt Russian trade beads, all from an old Alaskan collection. The longest measures approximately 28".

This property comes from the descendants of Victor Ignatius Hahn (1868-1958), and Jack "John" Fraser Pugh (1877-1918).

Hahn arrived in Skagway in May of 1898, coming promptly to Alaska after graduating with a degree in engineering from Cornell. He began work shortly after his arrival in Alaska, and in 1906 was appointed Superintendent of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad Route, which he remained as until retiring in 1947.

Pugh moved north to Alaska in 1902 to become the Customers Officer in Ketchikan, Alaska. He also lived in Skagway, Sulzer, and spent 1909 in Juneau. In 1914 he was appointed U.S. Collector of Customs in Juneau. On a trip north to Skagway in 1918, where he was traveling to assist hundreds of individuals at the end of a long mining season, he was a passenger aboard the Princess Sophia, which sunk after striking Vanderbilt reef, tragically killing all of the 350+ souls aboard.