Jewel Guard Hall at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. Children are gathered on steps and car is parked at left. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." 1945-1955. Original photograph size: 4" x...
Goode Hall at the Jesse Lee Home complex at Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. 1945-1955. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
View of the Balto building at the Jesse Lee Home complex in Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1945-1955. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
The Eastern Arcade, linking the Balto building and Goode Hall of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. Note the World War II camouflaging and the Mile "0" Iditarod Trail monument at right front. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce, Seward, Alaska, Box...
42 second, color/silent, film clip of women fishing through the ice. First the hole is dug and cleared of slush, using a chisel and an ice scoop, then the women sit and jig for fish using a hand-line.
55 second, color/silent film clip of an ivory carver cutting, shaping, carving and polishing a piece of walrus ivory. Among the tools used are: saws, chisels, files, and a bow drill that he supports against his chin. The result is two small ivory...
42 second, color/silent, film clip of King Islanders attaching a skin hull to an umiak frame. The film opens with men dragging the wooden umiak frame across the snow. Then one of the people cuts the skin and several lace it onto the frame.
This photograph depicts a Grumman Widgeon airplane on a runway in an unidentified location in Alaska. It was taken circa 1945-1955 by Grenold Collins. The writing on the tail is illegible.