Additional comments from village presentations read: "L-R: Harry Brown, Herbert Custer (?), unindentified person, Stanley Johnson, Charlie Sheldon, Jean Collins, Richard Collins."
Lettering on boat reads: "RUTH 31E842". Additional comments from village presentations read: "Harry Brown (white man) came up to the Upper Kobuk in the early 1940s. He owned the first store in Kobuk. He married...
Additional comments from village presentations read: "They could be making fish traps under the ice or making a dam (blocking) for under-ice fishing. Blocking the channel diverts the fish."