Accession Number: 260 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Carved walrus ivory figurine in the form of a sea otter reclining on its back with the front paws touching on the sides of the head. The eyes are drilled holes. There...
This photograph depicts a man standing on a beach on Kodiak Island in front of two Grumman Widgeon airplanes. The plane on the left has its front wheels in the water and has the writing "N58832" written vertically on its tail. The plane on the...
This photographs depicts two Grumman Widgeon airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines on the beach on Kodiak Island, circa 1945-1949. The plane on the right has the number "N58832" written on its wing, and the plane on the left has "N1188V" written...
The sides are made one piece of shaped wood; 2.375 in. tall; base fitted in; each side has 3 pieces that are 2.375 in. long in ivory; sewn on with baleen; strip of twisted root across container holds sides in; 6 small pieces of ivory 1.375 in. sewn...
Title taken from verso. On verso a letter from the Public Information Division of the United States Coast Guard, dated 14 November 1948, is printed. The letter says the following about this photo: "Offical U.S. Coast Guard Photo. United...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
This stereograph (or stereoview) depicts two men standing on the beach at Cape Nome, holding shovels and using a rocker, or cradle, to remove gold from the sand. The man on the left stands in the ocean surf, and the man on the right stands on a...
View of tourist on giant block of ice at Arctic Ocean, Point Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Giant ice cakes are thrust up in pressure ridges on the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow. This photo shows a tourist by one of them. Many visitors this winter...
Two maps on one sheet. Ms., mounted on cardboard. Components: Chart of the harbor on Amchitka Island, located on the NE side, 19 miles from the eastern corner -- Chart of harbor and inlet on Mednyi [Copper] Island [Commander Islands], located on...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Title from image. Photograph of a fishwheel on the Yukon River near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...