Title taken from image. Photograph of three Native Alaskans with a catch of king salmon at Nushagak, Alaska. A pair of skin kayaks are elevated behind the fish. Also visible in the photograph are barrels, cut logs, and a portion of Nushagak...
Title from verso. Image shows salmon drying on a fish rack along a river bank. Part of a smoke house is also visible up the bank on the right side of the image. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries...
Photograph shows salmon drying on a six tier high rack made of tree trunks and possibly tree branches. The rack is double sided, an A-frame shape. Various grasses are surrounding the rack, and continuing off to the...
One map in two segments on one sheet. Includes key to operating, reserve and defunct canneries and salteries and existing hatcheries. Bulletin U.S.F.C., 1901, Chart B.
Published in [Washington, D.C.] by the United States Fish Commission...
Title from caption. Photograph shows Athabascan canoes pulled up on to the riverbank at a fish camp. A few tents can be seen with men standing near them.
Title from caption. Photograph of Old Eliza taking salmon from her net. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is Old Eliza cleaning salmon on the beach of the Yukon River. Her canoe is in the water near her. These squaws are very expert in...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of salmon hung up to dry. Narrative in photo album reads: "The salmon are split flat wise along the back bone to the tail. They are then hung over poles to partially dry in the sun. If to be used for dog food...
Title from caption. Photograph of a summer fish camp on the Yukon River showing fish drying on a rack, the prow of a canoe and several tents. Narrative in the photo album reads: "A camp showing salmon drying in the sun, a smoking place and the...
Title from caption. Photograph of a king salmon weighing 45 lbs., hung from a fish drying rack. Cut fish are drying behind the king. Narrative in the photo album reads: "At the left is a king salmon weighing fourty-five pounds. Some have...
Title from caption. Photograph of a canning town. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two salmon cannery towns practically deserted except during the canning season."
Title from verso. Photograph of salmon drying on a rack. Several dogs can be seen on the other side of the fish rack. Verso reads: "This is a rack of salmon drying. It will be winter's supply for food for man and dog. Each family have a...
Full note reads: "1949 08 Seine fishing for Chum salmon on the Kobuk River. This fish was dried on rocks for the winter food for the sled dogs. It was the mainstay for these animals and was heated and fed twice...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...