Title taken from caption. A group of school girls is lined up on a boardwalk, arranged in height from shortest to tallest. They pose for the photograph outside a building, possibly the schoolhouse, in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. A...
Title taken from caption. Two smiling school girls lie side by side on a table top (possibly in the schoolhouse), in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Photograph of the school bell at Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The bell sits on two barrels by the water's edge. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/8" x 3 3/8".
Title taken from caption. Silhouette of a person standing at the water's edge, flags in rasied arms, using semaphore to signal a boat at Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 2 3/8".
Title taken from caption. Three children play beside a playhouse located inside the school house at Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Four children (two boys, two girls) dance in front of other pupils in the schoolhouse in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of the store-warehouse co-op in the village of Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. A boardwalk leads toward the store, located in a cluster of wooden buildings. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 1" x 1 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Several men stand on the ice beside their boat at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. A whale is floating in the water just offshore, held up by seal floats and secured by a rope leading to the ice. 1938-1941. Original...
Title taken from caption. A series of boats with whaling crews maneuver around ice floes during a whale hunt near Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. Many of the men are wearing white parkas. The boat nearest to the camera carries seal floats....
Title taken from caption. Six whaling boats and crews are pulled up on ice, either loading or unloading the boats at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Most of the men are wearing parkas. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
View of a bunkhouse housing construction workers at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. The photograph was sent to Vic Rivers by George R. Wilson. From verso: "1938. In the foreground was our water supply...
View of the village of Atka, Alaska. From verso: "Dear folks - A picture of our village to bring our Christmas Greetings to you. Didn't have Xmas cards so Bell made these for us. Lovingly, Rhoda. [Address:] Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Engle, Endevell, Broome...
Title from caption. Caption also includes the number 338 and the word "Photocraft." Verso reads: "Ice breaking up in Copper River at the Chitina crossing Mile 132 C.R. & N.W. Ry. Stringers and rails taken up to save them from going into river....
Title taken from back of photograph: "Ililuk Bay, Unalaska village 1938." An aerial view of the mountains, numerous shorelines, a channel, and Iliuliuk Bay. Unalaska village is directly below, with its prominent Russian Orthodox church in the...
Title taken from caption. View across the water of walrus hunters in two umiaks. The hunters are wearing parkas; land is visible in the background. Poongook is an alternative name for Punuk Islands. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inch.
Title taken from caption. Looking along a beach toward a group of walrus hunters and dead walrus in the Punuk Islands. Two umiaks float in the water just offshore. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inch.
Title taken from caption. Looking across the water at walrus hunters in an umiak; an oar extends past the stern of the umiak. The men are wearing parkas. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inch.
Title taken from caption. A group of walrus hunters take a break on a beach in the Punuk Islands. Some of the men have mugs in their hands. Original photograph size: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch.
Title taken from caption. A group of young boys watch as hunters pull a beluga whale onto the beach. Several people are in an umiak pulled up onto the beach beside the whale. Original photograph size: 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch.