Title taken from verso. Poster for Wien Alaska Airlines showing fourteen different pictures of activities in Alaska. Poster reads: "Eskimoland. North of the Circle. Land of the double days. Here you will find a different world in a hundred...
Photograph shows men wearing kuspuks with fur around the hoods, mukluks, and other winter garb pulling a whale up out of the water and over the snow and ice. There is a low boat on the shore to the right of the...
Title taken from verso. View of hunters using umiak with sail during whale hunt on Bering Sea near Gambell, Alaska. April 1969. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. Walter Dyakanoff gutting a hair seal, Eider Point, Unalaska Island, Alaska, with his dog Butch. Also from verso: "Unalaska. 1950s at Eider Point." 1950's. Photographer: Ted Bank. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from caption. Five walrus hunters, dressed in parkas and carrying rifles stand on a beach, probably off Punuk Island. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inch.
View of village of Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska, location of U.S. Government Reindeer Project. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard Kosbau and Ward W. Wells,...
Men (some in uniform) standing behind table laid out with food and drink during "New York Night" held by USO at Community Hall in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "The food was excellent prepared by the chefs of the Railway Battalion [714th Railway...
Title by indexer. Image shows two men in winter gear and goggles poking wooden poles in the snow. A shovel and snowshoes are nearby. Image is part of a collection of Lindley-Liek Expedition photos, documenting activities of the men after...
A desk set made as a gift for President William Howard Taft from the people of Fairbanks and the Tanana Valley. Originally had a walrus tusk as the base, now has a walnut reproduction as the base. Gold butt plate with dedication, gold tip cover,...
Title from notes on the back of photograph: " Dogs tied just out of fighting range ". Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a simple dwelling, with strips of meat or fish drying outside. A group of dogs can be seen playing in the yard. Property...
Bolotowsky, Ilya (artist). Size: 11.5 x 15.5 in. Medium: Oil on paintboard Notes: Not signed or dated. Artist Info: Ilya Bolotowsky (1907-1981) served in the army during the Second World War as a Russian interpreter. Stationed in Nome, he made a...
The Oil Spill Task Force, escorted by oil industry reps., gathers at the Dayville Incineration
Site to inspect incineration activities (wide shot) - Dayville Incineration Site, Valdez.
Title taken from caption. Reindeer herdsmen work around a large pile of reindeer carcasses lying on the tundra. Original photograph size: 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 inch.
Title taken from caption. In the foreground, a man and a woman skin a reindeer; a boy stands beside them. Other men and women can be seen skinning reindeer next to piles of reindeer carcasses. In the background, several women and girls wearing...
Descriptive Narrative: Board with ivory peg, two finger holds, painted red on grooved side and black on the other.
Description: wood; ivory; painted; red; black
Inscription: Aleutian hand stick for throwing spear Akutan Island (writing)...
One album with 137 photographs of the Deering, Teller, and Nome areas of Alaska. Many of the images are of families living in those towns and of houses and buildings in the area, including interior scenes. Other images include mining activities...
Title taken from caption. Additional caption information: "Drying rack with pitched roof." Image shows salmon hanging in rows in a covered fish drying rack beside the Yukon River in the village of Beaver, Alaska. An open boat is visible in the...
Two reindeer herders hold a reindeer by the antlers; a third man looks on. All are wearing parkas. A group of onlookers is visible in the background. Original photograph size: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch.