Sylvia Sexton's mother, Mrs. George (Claudia I.) Sexton, poses on wooden sidewalk with handrails in Seward, Alaska. 1905-1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Caption: Reindeer shed their horns every year. The male shed six weeks earlier than the female, so that during the fawn season the mother may protect the young.
Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Verso: William Earnest Beltz, a 47-year-old native of the Eskimo Village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated transition from territorial to State government. Beltz's father, a native of...
Bob Bartlett's mother, Ida Bartlett, stands on the porch of the cabin at the Independence Creek Mine in the Circle Mining District. Visible in addition to Mrs. Bartlett is a Southwestern style Indian blanket, what looks to be a potted fireweed...
Title taken from verso. On verso a letter from the Public Information Division of the United States Coast Guard, dated 14 November 1948, is printed. The letter says the following about this photo: "Offical U.S. Coast Guard Photo. United...
Title from cataloger's notes. Verso says: "FWW." Image shows uniformed girl scouts meeting with a U.S. Army officer on the Fort Wainwright Army Base. A woman, presumably either a mother or troop leader, stands behind each...
Title from cataloger's notes. Verso says: "FWW." Image shows uniformed girl scouts inside an office General Charles Hall on the Fort Wainwright Army Base. A woman, presumably a mother or troop leader, stands behind each girl. Pictures in...
Title from cataloger's notes. Verso says: "FWW." Image shows uniformed girl scouts inside an office of General Charles Hall on the Fort Wainwright Army Base. A woman, presumably a mother or troop leader, stands behind each girl. The girl...
Title from cataloger's notes. Verso says: "FWW." Image shows uniformed girl scouts inside the office of General Charles Hall on the Fort Wainwright Army Base. A woman, presumably a mother or troop leader, stands behind each girl. Framed...
Left to right: Mamie, Jimmy and Walter Minanow with their mother, Mrs. Susie Minanow. "She was Mrs. Minanow... she just went by it... she call[ed] herself Susie Minanow, but...