84 cm long x 17.7 cm wide; made of braided sinew and braided root; side stakes of birch or willow twigs; five floats of a very light wood attached to top of net; sinkers of pieces of antler and stone; twig used for stake; two rock sinkers have...
Accession Number: 98-7-197 Description: ivory; bone; sinew; carved Dimensions: L: 29.00 cm Note: ship model is possibly a representation of the steam whaler BELVEDERE, built in 1880
Group gathers around model of St. Michael's Church, next to the Bishop's House, Sitka; a banner represents St. Michael's Brotherhood organization; Father Donskoi is the second from the left; the Hanlon-Osbaken House is in the background
Model fish trap (probably loache/burbot or blackfish)*. 2
pieces, funnel and basket, which don't come apart. Thin
strips of wood shaped and glued in place. End of basket is
in the shape of a circle, does not come to a point. Fish trap
fence on each...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Students in biology laboratory seated at table examining clams, taking notes and recording data. Microscopes, textbooks in use and a bare light bulb hangs above them.
The President wears a watch fob presented to him as he was inducted into the Nenana Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska. The fob bears the Pioneers emblem.
The world's first single-leg drilling platform, called a monopod, was designed for Marathon Oil company and its partner to be used in developing the Trading Bay Field in Alaska. Seven foot model shows portions of the com=lately equipped platform...
Johnson Moses in Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital in Fort Yukon where he was recovering from TB. He is showing a model of a dogsled and fish trap. He made these models to help...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows an agriculture exhibit at the Tanana Valley Fair of vegetables and other plants next to a model homestake, a tent, and a small bridge with dolls on it.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Close-up of a portion of the 100-foot long model of a 3-mile segment of the Chena River. Tinted water carrying strips of colored paper is passed down the trough (river bed). Photos of the movement show how the...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Close-up of single-bay model (one of the 4 gates in the outlet works on the Chena River), showing experimental baffles in the stilling basin down-stream from the gate. Varying sizes, shapes, and locations of...