"The home of a Sea Adder hunsher [sea otter hunter]" Two children sit outside of a home. House is constructed of milled lumber, driftwood, and turf. A cache is behind and right of the house, which is also constructed of mixed construction...
Group of unidentified Unangan individuals posing with a Russian Christmas Star on an Unalaska beach. One person is standing on the stones that support the Christmas Star and appears to be taller.
Title from indexer. Photograph of woman and child holding hands. The child is wearing a life jacket. Verso reads: "Victims of war are these Aleuts who were evacuated from their homes during the installation of Alaskan defenses. Natives...
Title from verso. Photograph of a young woman from Savoonga. The photo has been marked for cropping. Verso reads: "Seattle, Wash. -- The Coast Guard Cutter, Northwind, "battle-scarred" veteran of polar region expeditions, recently...
A small fleet of Unangan sea otter hunters. Some appear to have been successful. Not all bidarka crews seem to have harpoons onboard, and the middle or rear crew member may have been the harpooner.
Four native men in two skin boats, probably Aleut men (Unangan), paddle up to another ship (note rigging in upper right corner. Both kayaks are of the three seat versions and both have a harpoon attached to the right front of the bidarka.
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Probably a porpoise." Handwritten below: "or beluga." View of a man crouched over the skeletal remains of a marine mammal. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "In Unalaska’s churchyard. Greek crosses for departed Aleuts." View of the Russian Orthodox Greek Church in Unalaska. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Unalaska’s principal street, with Sears & Roebuck-clad Aleuts approaching the sign." Street view of Unalaska showing several wooden buildings and three residents walking along a gravel street past a welcome...
Top image shows Aleut man in single baidarka with spear and paddle; bottom shows three Aleuts in one baidarka From: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, "Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean," compiled by the Imperial Navy Department, 1826
From verso: "The Aleuts used a light skin boat that greatly resembled the Eskimo kayak but was usually built to carry either two or three people instead of just one."