A man watches while several dogs bark at a treed porcupine at a camp near Seward, Alaska. Another porcupine is in the yard next to the dogs. From front: "Photo by Wild Bill, Seward, Alaska." 1910? Photographer: Bill DeWitt. Original size of...
Title taken from caption. Postcard of Chief Thomas and his wife. Visible in the photograph are a canvas tent, two hand stitched birch bark baskets and both Chief Thomas and his wife are dressed in regalia.
Title from caption. Photograph of Theodore and his son Robert in a birch bark canoe on the Yukon River. Narrative in photo album reads: "Theodore and son Robert. This shows well the beautiful, graceful lines on the birch-bark canoe. A single...
Title from caption. Photograph of fish drying on a fish rack inside a shed. Narrative in the photo album reads: "The salmon for food, after being partially dried in the sun, is placed under a tent or in a shed made from bark peeled from spruce...
Title from caption. Photograph of a fish drying rack with a few fish, a hat, and several other things. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the right is a drying rack, with a few fish. In the front of the picture is a swinging cradle with a...
Title from caption. Photograph of the early construction phase of a birch bark canoe. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left is the beginning of a birch bark canoe: the framework of straight grained white birch. The ribs are made from...
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 the construction of a birch-bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Below is shown the next step. The large sheets of birch bark are pinned in position with wooden pins, and the ribs are also placed."
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from Stereograph. "244-11518 -- This view shows a group of natives on the banks of the Yukon. The Yukon flows through the central part of Alaska for a distance of about 1,200 miles. Fish are an important food production in Alaska....
Title taken from caption. "Aboard Bark 'C. B. Kenney' en route to Cook's Inlet, March 1892." Caption in album reads: "35 mm neg. 75-748". 5 x 8 cyanotype (blue) print.
Title taken from caption. View of a man standing next to a giant cottonwood near Martin Creek. The circumference of this cottonwood was 4.15 meters. The damage from volcanic ash blowing in the wind, loss of leaves and bark, is clear to see. Photo...
Title taken from caption "A cottonwood tree buried in the ash. The curious branching shows that it had reached the limits of heights possible under the climatic conditions." View of two members of the expedition with a cottonwood tree. The trees...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition struggling to stake down a small black tent. The white tents used for sleeping let in too much light and a small black and opaque tent was brought for use as a darkroom. The trees have...
Title taken from caption. View of four members of the expedition having breakfast at Camp 9 in the vicinity of Katmai Canyon. The ash blowing in the wind has removed all the the leaves, branches, and bark from the few tree trunks still standing....