Spear used by women for self-defense; birch shaft; rusty steel blade (two prongs at end, one broken off); set in slit; lashed with babiche around slit and interlaced all the way to other end of shaft; blade brought from Ft. Yukon. Measures 67.5 in....
Spear used by women for self-defense; birch shaft; rusty steel blade (two prongs at end, one broken off); set in slit; lashed with babiche around slit and interlaced all the way to other end of shaft; blade brought from Ft. Yukon. Measures 67.5 in....
The steamship S. S. Jeanie floats in the ice floes of the ocean. The S.S. Jeanie was an Alaskan freighter in the early 1900s and ran aground near the coast of British Columbia on December 19, 1913. The photo also has...
Chart of the Yukon River, from its mouth to above Fort Reliance. Includes key and explanatory notes on navigation and history. One map on 63 sheets, both sides. (126 segments, including title sheet with notes and section map on verso; 62 sheets...
Title taken from sign on building. Cataloguer's note: Gulkana Roadhouse built in early 1900s is seen here and comprising two log buildings. The Mail stage coach is parked in front of the road house.
Title from caption. Two people on a rail cart driven by several dogs in harness. The Seward Peninsula Railway operated in the early 1900s between Nome and Shelton. Mile 80 is in the area of Pilgrim River and Pilgrim Hot Springs.
53 black and white photographs document project to construct a "ditch' of pipeline and flume to transport water to the gold fields; first images show horse teams pulling loaded sleds across frozen Tagish Lake; last images show construction of large...
Accession Number: 72-96-16
Description: spruce root; grass; black; orange; blue-green; woven; decorated
Descriptive Narrative: One large Tlingit spruce root basket. Three bands of false embroidery in several different colors of dyed...