Four Alaskan Native women are standing on the beach. The women are all dressed in fur-trimmed kuspuks and mukluks or boots. There are boats nearby on the beach. There also appears to be a cross in the background, possibly...
"My cold weather outfit. Beaver cap, Caribou coat, moose hide fur trimmed mittens, woolen pants, moosehide moccasins and on the snowshoes made for me by Sarah Bob one of the Ketchumstuk tribe squaws of the Forty Mile Indians. These snow shoes are...
Image of what may be an Alaskan Native woman wearing a fur parka. "Queen Barbara" may have won or participated in some event or festival. Lomen Bros. was a photography studio in Nome, Alaska from 1908-1934.
Caption reads: "Mukpie - Point Barrow Eskimo Girl. Youngest person aboard, and one of the survivors of the S.S. "Karluk." Canadian-Arctic (Stefansson) Expedition." A young girl stands outside, wearing a fur parka,...
A group of Alaskan Native women sit on the ground around what looks to be a campfire for cooking. There are kettles and frying pans on or near the fire. One woman is feeding a baby and two other women look to be carrying...
Caption reads: "Eskimo and his kiak [kayak]." Two Eskimo men sit in their kayaks on the sea. Written on the bottom left corner of the photo is possibly a photographer's initials or photo number: "[FSL?][F82?]."
Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
Photograph of a school teacher in a U. S. Government School at Cape Prince of Wales. Visible are several Native students at their desks, a blackboard with math problems and the date May 6th, 1902, an American flag and presidential portraits are on...
A whale boat captain is seated on a snow bank, behind him is a pole with items hanging from it like chains, a pot, and next to him is another pot and a mitten. The captain is wearing a rain parka made of gut and rain boots, he has a labret in in...
Caption: For twenty-four hours previous to launching the first whale boat, all members of the whaling crews fast, dance and sing of former deeds of bravery at sea.
Woman with a fire nearby boiling a liquid in a pot.
Caption: An old woman burns the shavings from the new paddles. She throws the ashes over the path of the whale boat as it is taken to open water. This is to scare away evil spirits....