Title from verso. View of a dog team standing on the ice on frozen Birch Lake. Five dogs are harnessed to a small sled and the driver, Calvin F. Townsend, is standing behind it. The lead dog is identified as "Sox." Trees line the shore of the...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway bridge at mile 220.5 over Birch Creek in Southcentral Alaska during construction. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1305." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number...
52 second, black & white/silent, film clip of people hiking with skis, lacing up their boots, traversing a hill, skiing downhill, and failing to land a ski jump. Also included are scenes of skiers warming up around a fire and a sunset.
Title taken from caption on slide. "Fort Wainwright HHC 171st June 67." The Chena River can be seen at left. Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were taken by Mark C. Glunz, who was at the time assigned to the 171st...
"Fort Wainwright HHC 171st November 1966." There appears to be a ski lodge at the bottom of the hill; a ski lift runs up the hill at left. Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were...
Title taken from caption on slide. "Fort Wainwright HHC 171st June 1967." Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were taken by Mark C. Glunz, who was at the time assigned to the 171st infantry Brigade at Fort Wainwright.
Title taken from verso. View of three men looking out from the window of the roadhouse on Birch Creek near the Steese Highway in Interior Alaska. This roadhouse location was known as Ferry Road House. From verso: "Birch Creek Roadhouse. Was a...
The building of the bridge on the Steese Highway spanning Birch Creek. A few workers are visible on the structure of the bridge. From verso: "Span 1 being erected. Birch Creek Bridge Alaska. August - Sept 1928."
Birch bark over frame - 14' long with one end decked over with bark (23" w x 46 1/4 long); sewn with spruce root and seamed with spruce pitch; paddle of birch 68" long - lashed to 2 of 5 crosspieces. Piece of bark 33 1/2" x 15 3/4" lashed down for...
Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; d - 6 1/4" across or 9cm x 16cm x 13cm
Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; b - 4 7/8" across or 6.5cm x 12.5cm x 9.5cm
Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; A - 4 1/4" across 5.5cm x 11cm x 7.5cm
Round birch bark basket made with the woven technique, light and dark-colored bark placed diagonally along the sides, alternating direction creating a woven look. Lashed along the top and bottom edges with willow, which is wrapped in spruce root....
Round birch bark basket, made with strips of birch bark, woven together along the sides. The walls of the basket are formed by placing the bark in diagonal strips, with the light side going in one direction, the dark in the opposite, and weaving...
Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; c - 5 1/2" across or 8cm x 14cm x 11cm