Title taken from verso. Fur trader and buyer Ed Shepherd wearing fur parka, with polar bear skin rolled and tied after purchase during trip to Kivalina, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." March-April 1958....
View of polar bear pelts hanging in front of Alaska Fur Factory in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with men at right. Car is parked at left and bicycles are in front of store. Signs on buildings read: "Reductions" and "Alaska Fur Factory." Photograph...
Woman wearing white fox fur trimmed dress and holding white fox fur muff stands below line of white fox pelts hanging from front of Alaska Fur Factory in Anchorage, Alaska. Sign on building reads: "Alaska Fur Factory." From information with photo:...
Title taken from caption. "Left to Right: Jack Dunn, Arnold Akers, Dolph Mespelt, Ed Whelan, Matt Bellon, Fred King. Taken at Medfra about 1934. All Upper Kuskokwim Trappers and Miners."
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Title taken from caption. "Arthur Berry - Trapped Upper Kuskokwim from 1900 to 1950. From Oregon. Probably trapped more Marten than anyone in Alaska. Now living in Anchorage."
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska...
Broad view from water, the slough between Resichl Way and Fritz Cove Road; wooden buildings on shore and small boat anchored out front; buildings may have been part of fox farming operation
Title from image caption Six kayaks head for village on Sanak Island; houses and church are visible in shadow along shore; the Alaska Commercial Company maintained a fur trading station in Sanak