35 second, color/silent, film clip of a whale hunt, 1951-1959. The men look for whales with the aid of a telescope, shoot a small white whale, pull it to shore with some type of grappling hook, and eventually pull it onto shore with ropes. A...
Title taken from the back of photograph. "The largest whale skull on the Island - half buried in the beach". Additional information with photo. Group is identified: Bill Field, Dorothea Leighton and Alex Leighton. Property of Dorothea...
Title taken from the back of photograph. Notes with photo. " A collection of baleen displayed against an overturned boat. The man is identified as Nolan Silook ". Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.
Title taken from accompanying note. "[Sign for Utkeagvik Presbyterian Church, established 1898 (Barrow & N.A.R.L., 1973); photo has negative]." Two pieces of what may be whale bone support a sign, itself carved in bone.
Title taken from accompanying note. "[Sign for Utkeagvik Presbyterian Church, established 1898 (Barrow & N.A.R.L., 1973); photo has negative]." Two pieces of what may be whale bone support a sign, itself carved in bone. See identical photo at...