Boatbuilding in Alatna in 1949. Cora Moses, Wallace Nictune, Richard Napoleon, Oscar Nictune, Elma Sam, Frank Sam (partially hidden), and Jimmy Edward. They are putting the...
Title taken from caption. Three carpenters mend a small boat at Kodiak, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1917. Photographer: J.W. Shipley.
Title taken from verso. View of man re-covering umiak, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photographer's number McC 11220. July 1961. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from verso. Andrew Ooseva cutting piece of ivory for umiak, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photographer's number McM 13453. May 1961. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
Title taken from verso. Walrus skin to be used for umiak cover is stretched over boards and rests on barrels to dry, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Also from verso: "Split female walrus skin drying for umiak cover." July 1961. Photographer:...
Title taken from label on matting. View of Mr. Lawson, Alaska Native boat builder, at work in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8286. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/4" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. Mr. Lawson standing in front of combination fishing seine and tugboat that he built in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8289. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/4" x 10".
Boat shell rests on a cradle of sawhorses set up in yard by a house; one man works beneath the boat, another looks on; a woman [Vera Bayers] heats tools over a forge as other woman turns the crank; numerous tools are strewn about, including clamps,...
Title from image caption Numerous tents crowded into small area; prospectors engaged in boat-building activities; completed boats along shore Photographer's number 2144
Canoe on beach, two people sitting by canoe, with coffee pot and eating utensils, perhaps taking their mid-day meal. One man standing inside canoe holding an adz. Probably photographed by Elbridge W. Merrill.
Man exiting, ice windows, storage rack in background. Structures built by digging snow out of a hole and building the blocks up around it. Contact with walls would wet clothing. Ice visible in the background indicates location is near the ocean....