Bill DeWitt (left) and Charles Emswiler (or Emsweiler), trappers and guides, with furs and antlers in Seward, Alaska. 1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Charles Emswiler (seated), two other men, and several dogs pose in front of a log cabin near Seward, Alaska. Beaver pelts and bear skins hang on the front of the cabin. From front: "C. Emswiler, guide." 1910? Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of two men and a boy wearing winter gear. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Charlie Luke, Dick Williams and Archie Moses. Taken in winter village costume. Notice beaver skin caps, moose skin mittens beaded...
39 second, color/silent film clip of men making babiche (hide rope). First, a man rinses the hide in a barrel, then in a large body of water. Two men then stretch and cut the hide into strips.
Title taken from notes. " Old fashioned house where Thom(?) lived. The last house with a walrus skin roof. " Property of Leighton Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD.
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph wearing a kamlayka, and holding a pair of snowshoes and mukluks. May explains receiving these gifts in the following journal entry, dated July 20th: "Agefangle Prokopioff brought in a pair...
Hunter doll made by Dolly Spencer of Homer, Alaska. Information from photo: "Dolly Spencer, Homer, originally from Shishmareff. 1977. Hunter doll "Epeelick". Outer parka - oogruck [bearded seal] gut and seal skin trim. Willow bark dyed draw string...
Title taken from verso. View of Eskimo man standing next to boat made of skins at Point Barrow, Alaska. Also from verso: "The Eskimo hunter in Alaska's polar zone spend much of their time searching the rugged arctic coast for seal, walrus, polar...
Title taken from information with photo. Clyde Hugo with dogsled loaded with animal hides at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Also from information with photo: "Man with dog sled." 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4".
Title taken from front. Formal group portrait of members of the Seward Outing Club, Seward, Alaska, in their meeting hall with animal trophies. From verso: "1911-1913? Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1911-1913. Photographer: Sexton....
Title from sleeve. Woman who cooked for fur trader Ed Shepherd sits at the kitchen table on a chair covered with a fur. The kitchen is visible behind her. Photographer's number: 490. 2 1/4 B&W negative.