Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundary between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in Bering Strait.
Title from image. Photograph of the crew of wrecked whaler North Star at the Point Barrow Telegraph Station. Visible is the telegraph station, and tents for the crew. [Very poor quality original.] Caption reads: "Crew of wrecker whaler "North...
Title taken from front. Crew and Captain Louis Lane aboard whaler Belvedere, Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Whale boats in the Bering Sea wait for a whale to surface.
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundry between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in the Bering Straits. The whale has...
Title from verso. Image shows an elderly man standing near a road and holding a baseball cap in his hands. The man is wearing glasses and a parka with a fur ruff. Power lines and open water are visible behind him.
Title from verso. Photograph of a whaling ship that appears to be both a steam vessel and a sailing vessel. Several walruses can be seen in the foreground and a large number of sea birds are flying next to the ship. It appears that a whale is...
Title taken from verso. Traders aboard whaling ship Beledee, Teller, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/4".
Iñupiaq couple Olemaun and Qusalgana pose with their adopted daughter, Fannie Keerik, who was half Portuguese by her father (whaler?), and part black. Keerik is her married name. Fannie is Phoebe Kippi's mother, and grandmother of the Kippis and...
Accession Number: 98-7-197 Description: ivory; bone; sinew; carved Dimensions: L: 29.00 cm Note: ship model is possibly a representation of the steam whaler BELVEDERE, built in 1880