Descriptive Narrative: Section of totem pole. Figure of Abraham Lincoln Notes: "The so-called Lincoln Totem Pole from Tongass Island was, according to a report by judge Wickersham, a figure of Abraham Lincoln. The carving of the pole was...
Title from image caption Carved human figure with cask on shoulder stands on head of traditional totem pole figure, which appears to be buried Caption of image reads, Alaska version of the "white man's burden" Photographer's number 151
Schoppert, James (artist). Size: 35 x 23 x 10 in. Medium: Wood, walrus, gut, feathers, paint Description: Stylized bird figure with face and human legs, attached to drum; drum made of walrus stomach stretched and tied to wooden frame with blue...
Atchak, Earl (artist). Whale bone kayak with a single figure inside, holding an upraised harpoon. Figure has parka made from rabbit skin. The face is carved from wood.¬ulture: Cup'ik
Atchak, Earl (artist). Large whale bone assemblage with rib acting as an umiak with a group of 6 human figures inside, one of whom is a baby in the arms of an adult. Three figures have wooden paddles. Figures wear parkas of caribou and rabbit fur....
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "The wolf working with the dog team - notice the size of him compared to the rest of the team. Verso also bears a circular stamp that says: "A Madsen Print. Oct 10, 1933. Chicago." Image shows a team...
Hand colored. From Renard's Atlas de la Navigation (1715). Polar projection. Sheet illustrated with the figure of Atlas carrying the globe in the shape of a planisphere. Shows California as an island.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 1 - Ram S. E. scenery". Photograph shows a dead Dall sheep lying next to a riverbed with a small stream running through it. The dead sheep is the small white figure in the foreground. ...
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 1 - Ram South scenery". Photograph shows a dead Dall sheep lying next to a riverbed with a small stream running through it. The dead sheep is the small white figure in the foreground. ...
Title from verso. Postcard of three women in the snow of a mountain above False Pass, Alaska. Caption reads: No. 2. Verso reads: "Ira took our picture. The one at left is Miss Hansen, A Lutheran missionary enroute to Teller. I am the...
Title taken from caption on postcard. A humorous color postcard with cartoon figures. The male figure is about to drop a headband in the river and a distraught woman (seemingly the owner of the headband) is shown in a street corner the caption...
Title by cataloger. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a popular political figure of his time. He is seen here seated and wearing a dark suit, white round collar and a distinct polka-dotted bow tie. He...
Title by indexer. A young man and a woman are standing opposite each other; another figure, blurred and possibly male, stands at right. A log house and two rustic wooden chairs are visible in the background.
Title from accompanying notes. This toddler is standing on a wooden walkway looking backwards at a log cabin. The yard of the cabin has piles of melting snow in it. The caption on the photograph says "April 1908", and the lower-left border is...
Title from accompanying notes. This toddler is standing on a wooden walkway in front of a cabin. The cabin's yard has piles of melting snow in it. There is the figure of a woman barely visible in the doorway of the cabin. The lower-left border...