"Rabbits were a welcome addition at times to the fare. Although my choice always was moose steaks." Panoramic photograph of a brace of sixteen winter furred snowshoe hare.
A large group of people in costumes gather for a group photograph at a Halloween party, possibly in Cordova, Alaska. 1920's. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
Band members wearing identical hats and sweaters pose with some of their instruments on the street outside a hotel. A sign hanging from the building reads "Hotel [?] European". This photograph was possibly taken in Cordova, Alaska. 1920's? Original...
Belt of natural sealskin with sealskin pouch attached; caribou or reindeer hair embroidery on both; ivory buckle; tab on pouch has two light blue and one amber glass beads strand; 111cm x 3.5 cm (with pouch and strap, 25.8 cm).
Belt of natural sealskin with sealskin pouch attached; caribou or reindeer hair embroidery on both; ivory buckle; tab on pouch has two light blue and one amber glass beads strand; 111cm x 3.5 cm (with pouch and strap, 25.8 cm).
Building on right has bell mounted on roof. Signs in image: J.H. Chisel General Merchandise, Drug Store, Dr. Pryer, N.C. Hanson Hardware, U.S. ??? Alaska, Jas Fay Merchandise, Short Order Alaska Grill.
Decrees issued in East Siberia 1917-1921, copied in pencil; extracts from books on East Siberia, copied in ink; two letters regarding effort to emigrate
from Japan to the U.S., July 1920; poem by Vinokouroff, "Na more," (On the Sea), written en...
From caption: "Home of the St. Michael Board." View of a three-story hotel building containing the offices of the St. Michael Board of the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service in St. Michael, Alaska. Sign on building reads: "Hotel." 1919-1925?
From verso: "Henry Rasmussen or Smiley and Linda Rasmussen. This is a picture of a mud shark we caught in Sunny Bay in a gilnet [gill net]." Photograph of a man and woman on a rocky shore with a dead shark. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5...