Collection notes: Mavdehiah Rasmuson (1896-?), Dena'ina Athapaskan who married Tommy Rasmuson (1875-1918) Norwegian Bristol Bay fisherman. Child is Stephenata Rasmuson (1912-?) Most likely taken on Lake Clark. Image reversed. ...
Girl in big boots smiles as she sits on the nose of a small airplane, holding onto the propeller. Verso: 7. Close-up shot of a group shown in picture "6". Kaltag.
Summary: Many of the photos were taken by Baldwin while he worked as a surveyor for the U.S. government on the Alaska-Canada boundary survey from Demarcation Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias from 1907 to 1913. Also included are images of...
Fish hooks made from reindeer shin bone, bent nail and bit of red yarn, barbless - used for hooking pike through ice. Title and description from photographer's notes. Photographer's number 68.
Full blood Indian, daughter of old Moses, snow shoe maker of Steven's Village. Title and descripton from photographer's notes. Photographer's number 152.
Bow and arrow replaces shot gun for duck hunting to save ammunition. Title and description taken from photographer's notes. Personal description courtesy of Woody Salmon.
Newly filled grave is covered by makeshift tent pending erection of a permanent grave house. Title and description from photographer's notes. Photographer's number 228.
Description: metal; copper; leather; moosehide; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: A) typical Athapaskan knife is made of metal, often native copper by cold hammering. It is made in one piece with a fluted double edged blade. The metal handle...
Description: feathers; fur; yarn; cloth; sewn
Descriptive Narrative: Doll size chief's coat made of what appear to be the feathers from three different bird species. Male mallard duck feathers are used on the top of the shoulders and on the...
Description: moose hide; smoked; beads; leather; string; sinew; thread; sewn; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Pair of round-toed moccasins with large vamp and high ankle flaps, made of smoked moose hide and decorated with spot stitch...
Title taken from verso. Mike Alex and son Daniel standing in Russian Orthodox cemetery among spirit houses, Eklutna, Alaska. Also from verso: "1975 - 7/4." July 4, 1975. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 7/8".
Title from sleeve. Senator Nick Begich stands talking with legislative spectators John Schwamm, Emil McCord, and an unidentified woman. Photographer's number: 9299. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from photographer's notes. [Jacob Luke Belle II wearing a decorated beaded moose skin jacket made by Lily Ginnis Pitka. Lily Ginnis Pitka is Steven Ginnis's mother. Jacob Luke is Steven Ginnis's Grandfather. He was known for his fiddle...
Title taken from image. [A family in the doorway of a log house. (l. to r.) Emma Titus, Tom Titus (baby), Frank Titus, Roosevelt Titus, Bernice Joe (nee Titus), and Kathleen Mark (nee Titus). Identifications by Larry Mark during the AFN conference,...
Title taken from image. [Herman and Tebessa Gene holding Arnold and Floyd outside of a canvas tent. Identifications courtesy of Roy David during the AFN conference, Oct. 2005, Fairbanks, AK.]
Title taken in part from photographer's notes. Collection notes: The mother is Annie James, wife of Arthur James Sr. The baby is probably Roland James. Photographer's number 216.