Photograph shows a person tossed up into the air by a ring of people holding on to the edges of blanket like surface. It appears that in this case there are several ropes attached to the "blanket" and connected to...
Title taken from image. Person flying high in the air from a blanket toss in Nome, Alaska, 1946-1947. The blanket tossers are standing in a circle holding the blanket and looking up at the person in flight. A bystander in a military uniform...
Photograph shows a person flying in mid air. The blanket tossers are looking up, ready to catch the person being tossed. A large number of spectators line the roof of a nearby building and surround the blanket tossers on the ground. Some spectators...
View of blanket toss and spectators on City Hall grounds, 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, during Fur Rendezvous celebrations. From verso: "Anchorage, 1940. This is where they were throwing them up in the skin blanket. Property of the Cook Inlet...
53 second film clip, color/silent, of a blanket toss and a high kick and umiak race in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
This clip has been modified from the first release on this...
32 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss in Nome. The Glue Pot Soda Fountain, the Nome Nugget Office and the Wien Alaska Airline Office can be seen in the background.
53 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss, a high kick, and umiak races in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
Title by indexer. This is a poster for Wien Air Alaska. In large letters, it reads: "High Adventure in Alaska's Arctic. Wien Air Alaska." In small letters at the bottom of the photo, "Eskimo blanket toss in the Arctic." Images of a group...
Title taken from caption. View of men from King Island preparing for blanket toss at Anchorage Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage, Alaska. 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from caption. View of person being thrown into the air during blanket toss at Fur Rendezvous celebration in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from caption: "Anchorage, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from verso. View of ceremonies involving blanket toss (nalukataq), Point Barrow, Alaska. Also from verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Picnic, dances and blanket tossing." June 1921. Photographer: Arthur H. Eide. Original...
View of blanket toss at Fur Rendezvous celebration, Anchorage, Alaska, with spectators. From verso: "1960's." 1960-1969. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from verso. View of blanket toss from above at Kotzebue, Alaska, with person being tossed in mid-air. 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
View of person being tossed into air during blanket toss on Nome, Alaska street, with spectators looking on. Businesses shown include: Larry Galvin Dodge Plymouth Sales Service and Nome Hardware. 1950's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original...
Title taken from verso. View of woman being tossed in the air during blanket toss in Kotzebue, Alaska, with spectators in foreground and buildings in background. Also from verso: "Kotzebue Friends Church. 4th of July." 1950's? Original photograph...
View of person being tossed in the air near United States flag flying from pole during blanket toss at Point Hope, Alaska, with whale bones standing in foreground and crowd looking on. From verso: "Nalakutuk." Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original...
View of woman being tossed into the air during blanket toss in Kotzebue, Alaska. From verso: "Kotzebue." 1970's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
View of blanket toss during Fur Rendezvous celebration on 4th Avenue between E and F Streets in Anchorage, Alaska, with photographer on roof in background. Signs on buildings read: "Meridian Club," "Carol's" [dress shop], "J Vic Browne & Sons...