Title taken from caption. "11560 -- (38) The Klondike district, as well as other camps in the interior of Alaska, has a method of placer mining different from that which prevails in other sections of the United States. The ground, which is...
Title from image. Photograph of a man standing outside of the Russian block house, Saint Michael, Alaksa. Several researchers have pointed out that the original photographer may have had the image backward when he wrote the caption. Usually...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of women at a rummage sale. Additional donor note reads: "The church often received contributions of used clothes, which were in fact helpful to cash-poor Point Hope families. All these contributions...
Title by donor notes. Photograph of women at a rummage sale in Point Hope, Alaska. It appears to have been held in a gymnasium; note the basketball hoop on the wall. Additional donor notes read: "The church often received contributions of...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of a woman purchasing items at a rummage sale in Point Hope, Alaska. Full donor notes read: "The church often received contributions of used clothes, which were in fact helpful to cash-poor Point Hope...
(4:48 min.) (09 of 24) 09 Food and health on-board the ship Beef served frequently and caused complaints. Sometimes it was the waiter's fault, sometimes it was the traveler's fault, and sometimes it was the sea. The nurse had to help lots...
(4:53 min.) (10 of 24) 10 Main job of the Steward was in the dining room and the cabins Steward had to deal with the people, had to do the ordering, had to balance all the overtime. On the "North Sea" had to print up the menus. Had to sit...
Title taken from caption. "Frank Glaser - Trapped Nenana River area in 1920's. Trapped Predators for Government in Alaska 1937-57. Shown with Large Sheefish at Kotzebue." Additional notes on the back of the photograph read: "Photo: Charles...
Title taken from caption. "11507 -- (5) The stories we read of life in the Arctic usually persuade us to believe that only the most robust persons should venture into those latitudes, and then only when well provided with an ample wardrobe of...
Title taken from caption. "11555 -- (6) Judging from his suit and hood of fur and his team of dogs, we might mistake the boy in this picture for an Esquimau.
In 1898, at the time of the great rush for gold, he was the only white boy on...
Title taken from caption. "11502 -- (12) The interior of Alaska is generally well-timbered, and there are large tracts of good grazing country. In these conditions we are not surprised to find considerable large game. There are several...
Title by cataloguer. A large bear is seen while eating fish. The brown bear also known as the grizzly usually has dark brown hair, varying from light creamy to black. Their distinguishing feature is distinctive hump on the ir shoulders, a...
Title by cataloguer. The Seal is seen lying down on a patch of grass with a raised head, and looking straight ahead. His thick black fur glisens in the distance.
The Northern fur seal can spend up to 22 months in the sea, and ocean....
Title by cataloguer. The brown bear also known as the grizzly usually has dark brown hair, varying from light creamy to black. Their distinguishing feature is the hump on their shoulders, a slight "dished" profile to the face and long claws on...
Title taken from caption. "Hyland river bridge 322 mi W. of Nelson." Cataloguer's note: Some of the bridges along the Alaska Highway were built by advanced team of engineers who were usually flown in by float planes. Seasonal weather it seems...
Title taken from caption. Esther Schaubel, whose rounds brought her to Point Hope once or twice a year, was a splendid source of Arctic Coast gossip, delivered along with immunizations, etc.