Photograph shows a Native Alaskan man wearing seal fur pants and a fur ruffed hood lying in a dead whales mouth. The whale looks to be partially pulled up onto the ice but mostly in the water.
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United States...
Made: St. Michael
Descriptive Narrative: A wolf mask with large mouth set with teeth that are carved out of the solid. Slender, toothpick-like whiskers on each side of the mouth, which is painted red. A line from the mouth goes up the center...
Title from caption. Photograph includes the Tanana River, the mouth of the Nenana River, and part of the town of Nenana. This photograph is connected to UAF-1989-166-672-neg copy(2)(069) as a panorama.
Title from caption. Photograph shows men constructing a pile dam at the mouth of Lost Slough on April 8th, 1918. Caption also reads: "No. 119, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."
Title from caption. Photograph shows men contsructing a pile dam at the mouth of Lost Slough on April 8th, 1918. Caption also reads: "No. 120, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."
Title from caption. Photograph shows Nenana, Alaska and the mouth of the Nenana River from a hill across the river. Appears to form the right side of a panoramic photograph with UAF-1989-166-720-neg nitrate.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 14 - Bearpaw City at mouth". Photograph shows the surface of a river rippling. The photograph is fairly dark, but on the far shore can be seen a few cabins.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 15 - Haydon in boat at mouth of Toklat". Photograph shows a man sitting in a boat holding an oar. The boat has been loaded up with supplies.
Title from caption in album: "April 5 - Upper mouth of [Box] cañon in East cañon". Photograph shows a snowy canyon, with rocky slopes. This photograph appears to have been put into the album upside-down.
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Barging on the river
barging; river history; summer -- Galena; hauling 140 ton loads; river trips; whole life on river; Holy Cross; freight; Nenana; Yukon; million gallon barge; Nenana; Fairbanks; Core of Engineers; Chena...
Typewritten on recto: "Ice in mouth of Ship Creek, March 7th, 1917. This shows the large lumps. The largest one is about 25' in diameter and 20' high. A few of these, at times, are found among the floating ice."