Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The Japanese serve fish raw. ...
Five young women identified as left to right: Kuzrere or Grace (Mrs. Percy Blatchford of Nome), Koot egweena, Angnohok, Oo me eeuk, Ang arolok or Bessie (Mrs. Henry Miller of Teller).
Two women identified as Nora (left) and Angnolok (right).
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the...
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Contractor's dozer piles gravel at the south borrow pit for use in the Moose Creek Dam." Verso also stamped with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers logo and the date Sept. 1974. Image is related to...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "As gravel is removed from the south borrow pit for use in the dam foundation and embankment, the outline of a possible future recreation lake takes form." Verso also stamped with U.S. Army Corps of...
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "The wolf working with the dog team - notice the size of him compared to the rest of the team. Verso also bears a circular stamp that says: "A Madsen Print. Oct 10, 1933. Chicago." Image shows a team...
"And the last one here, number 15. Yea that was that borrowed DC-3, it was destined for Pan American's China facility, China National Airline, but we had use of it to operate a few trips over through British Columbia to prove it was...
View of the back (away from the Yukon River) of the Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital. Note the sun room to the right of the main building. A pile of wood is visible, and may be for use as firewood.
Title by author. Photograph of Eva Luke and Cora Rivenburg as Eva teaches Cora how to use the hand operated sewing machine. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Below is Eva initating Mrs. R. in the mysteries of a hand sewing machine. She was...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Stevens Village as seen from the frozen Yukon River. Narrative from photo album reads: "A winter view from the east end showing school buildings and flag. All water for house use and washing was carried up...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of two women sewing bark on a birch bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Next as shown below, the women sew the pieces of birch together, sewing over and over. For thread they use the small roots of...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of a man in a birch-bark canoe. Narrative in photo album reads: "I learned to go about in these canoes very well, altho not many white men care to use them. One sits on the bottom, or doubled-up on the knees as...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of a corner of the Stevens Village school dedicated to tool useage. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below -- corner of school room in Stevens Village where I taught boys & girls the use of tools."
19 second film clip, color/silent, of a reindeer roundup on Nunivak Island, 1958-1967. It appears that men and women work together and use a long piece of material to herd the reindeer into the corral. Then two men wrestle a reindeer to the...
Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...