Title taken from caption. View of a beluga whale tied to a boat after a successful whaling hunt near Kotzebue, Alaska. Photograph taken July 5, 1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from verso. Whaling captain Amos Lane, wearing fur parka, stands next to bowhead whale jawbone at Point Hope, Alaska, with group of people and boat in background. Also from verso: "Point Hope whaling captain standing by the jaw bone of...
Title from verso of postcard View of large, intact whale carcass on ground, belly up, in front of whaling station building; another whale in lower left corner
Title from caption accompanying photograph Partial caption: "I [David Brower] am buying fur and whaling in the spring at the same time I buy the furs and send them to H. Lubes and Co. in San Francisco."
Caption: "Home coming of a successful whaling season's crew. Each boat that catches a whale, when coming ashore, puts up his own flag to show that he has caught one or more whales for the season. This is my [David Brower's] canoe and crew coming...
Caption: "Under the skin canoe there can be seen six drums which are used in our native dance; the man is doing a dance after a successful season of whaling."
Showing baleen. Whale is being partially butchered (some strips of maktak have been removed) while still in the water, so that it will be lighter and easier to pull up onto the ice. Whaling camp with canvas tent, skin boat (umiak), and hunting...
Four women dancing on blanket made of bearded sealskin outside during Nalukataq (spring whaling celebration). Well-dressed women dance with babies on their backs. The metal bucket near drummers is filled with water used to keep drums moist for...
Flag of successful whaling crew being flown at left. Women are all well dressed. There is very little trimming on the snow shirts. The woman jumping is wearing leggings with attached feet made out of denim or cloth. In winter these leggings were...
Putting cover on umiak. After they are sewn together using special waterproof stitch, men will stretch skin cover across wood frame and lash them to it. This unusually large boat requires 7-8 skins. Five women work outside, standing. Now about ten...
Title taken from image. A workman walks on the slain whale, as others look on. A chain is attached to the whale's tail. In the background are the buildings, cables, and equipment of the whaling station.
Title taken from caption. View of a man butchering a beluga whale after a successful whaling hunt near Kotzebue, Alaska, with people partially visible in the foreground. Photograph taken July 5, 1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.