Title from image. Carved monuments of a killer whale (left) and wolf (right) on top of funerary containers. The wolf is mounted on a cribwork of logs, fixed "log cabin style."-SH 2/96*
Title from image. Tlingit artifacts collected by Lt. George T. Emmons and sold to the American Museum of Natural History, New York, where it still resides. Included in the photograph are bentwood boxes, bowls, aprons, masks, shamans grave...
Title from verso. Men gathered on beach and in skiffs near shore; cannery building in background on pilings; Louis Schott is at far left; Robert "Bob" Bell is near center, holding paddle
Title is based on caption in Thomas W. Benham's handwriting. View of a barabara, a traditional Unangan semi-subterranean sod house, in Unalaska. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from caption. View of an open sided, rectangular shaped building. Large wooden poles provide the structural support; two walls and the roof are covered with skins. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from image (handwritten by Thomas W.Benham). View of the U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service cutter "Bear" with steam launch heading out to sea. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from image (in Thomas W .Benham's handwriting). Formal portrait of John C. Cantwell, a lieutenant in the Revenue Cutter Service. He is wearing a beaded jacket. He explored the Kobuk River (also known as the Kowak River) in 1884-1885....
Title taken from image (Thomas W. Benham's handwriting). View across the harbor to the town of Wrangell, along the waterfront. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from image. Woman wearing a hat and period dress standing under a tree on "Lover's Lane." The large rotting tree may be the "witch tree," said to be the traditional location for extracting confessions from accused witches among the...
Title taken from image. Sheldon Jackson School Tlingit people Sitka, Alaska. On "Lover's Lane" near the Indian River, Sitka. Verso: Now owned by C.L. Andrews. Image: Opp. Post Office, Portland, Or. Photographer's number 7936.
Title taken from sign in image. Group of men and boys in front of wood frame house. Canoe prow on right edge of photo. Sign in image: "I bought my drugs at Coon's and am happy." Photographer's number 81-c.