(4:17 min) (08 of 20) Nome was different--seasonal office--King Islanders--Larger territory--lighterage companies--Hireing longshoremen--Lomen Comercial Co.--ship fire--insurance--general average agreements
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
15 second, color/silent film clip. From title frame: "Marston Collection". Film shows a man in a parka talking and then walking around the "King Chris".
31 second, color/silent film clip of the King Island Dancers performing at Nome. The drummer in the red and black checked shirt is Chief Olanna. He is the father of Agnes Kunnuk, the woman dancer in the fur parka with the light blue head scarf....
34 second, color/silent film clip of ivory carvings made by King Island carvers. The items shown include: small animal and bird figurines, dog teams and sleds, a cribbage board, knives, and hunters in kayaks.
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.
59-second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Machetanz Collection , 1951 - 1954". Film clip of a boy retrieving a dog harness from a cache and harnessing a dog. The boy then is seen with several puppies. Location may be...