Alex Akeya, Savoonga; Paul Albert, Tununak; Herbert Apassingok, Gambell; Margaret Cropley, Juneau; David Frankson, Point Hope; James Hawley, Jr., Kivalina; Lawrence Kayoukluk, Shaktoclik; Frank Oxereok Sr., Wales; Nile Smith, Hooper Bay.
This event was as part of an Industrial and Communications Electronics training program through the Dept. of Interior. Alaskan interns are, l. to r., Sam Kito, Jr., Petersburg; Herman Kitka, Jr., Sitka; Percy Ipalook, Kotzebue; Harry Kito,...
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...
Fur trader Ed Shepherd (left background) and Nathan Noongwook (right background) stand next to sled holding Adventurers Club of New York flag, as last U.S. mail run via dogsled in Alaska prepares to go from Gambell to Savoonga on Saint Lawrence...
Title taken from caption. Four children (two boys, two girls) dance in front of other pupils in the schoolhouse in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from verso. Man with camera on tripod photographing last U.S. mail run via dogsled in Alaska at Gambell, heading from Gambell to Savoonga on Saint Lawrence, Island. Kayaks up on racks stand in background. From front: "Off to Savoonga...
View of Santa Claus riding on a dogsled near the tail end of a C-123 airplane at Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This was part of "Operation Santa Claus" out of Elmendorf Air Force Base. From verso: "Santa (Lt. Col. Jay N. Thomas) and helper...
Title taken from caption. Portrait of a man with an armload of furs (probably arctic fox furs) thrown over a shoulder. Photograph probably taken in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island. March 1940. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Interior view of a school house probably in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. A man is seated on the floor beside a pile of furs (probably arctic fox furs), packing them into bags. March 1940. Original photograph...
Title taken from caption. Interior shot of three men packing furs (probably arctic fox furs) in a classroom, probably in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. March 1940. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Three children play beside a playhouse located inside the school house at Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Photograph of the school bell at Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The bell sits on two barrels by the water's edge. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/8" x 3 3/8".
View of several houses in Savoonga, Alaska. Visible are many people going about their daily life, with at least half a dozon dogs throughout the photograph. A frame is stretching a hide on the roof of one house and out front of that house is a...
Title taken from caption. Portrait of a young girl sewing a garment on a sewing machine, probably in the schoolhouse in Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. A group of school girls is lined up on a boardwalk, arranged in height from shortest to tallest. They pose for the photograph outside a building, possibly the schoolhouse, in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. A...
Title taken from caption. Two smiling school girls lie side by side on a table top (possibly in the schoolhouse), in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. Silhouette of a person standing at the water's edge, flags in rasied arms, using semaphore to signal a boat at Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 2 3/8".