Photograph shows a shirtless man wearing a hardhat operating a Little Giant. A rainbow has formed in the misted water droplets from the pipe. Rock used as counterbalance for the nozzle partially fill the wooden...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg standing on the porch of a log building. Narrative in the album reads: "On the front porch of the residence part of our dwelling. Part of willow basket in lower corner, which I made from...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of hunter returning from hunt with moose antlers are visible in the sled. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below is Simon returning from a successful moose hunt. The horns may be seen on the sled. He was a good...
Title by indexer. Photograph shows what appears to be Joe Crosson Jr. and Donald Crosson sitting on a blanket as their mother Lillian Crosson searches through a picnic basket.
Title by indexer. Photograph shows what appears to be Joe Crosson Jr. and Donald Crosson sitting on a blanket as their mother Lillian Crosson searches through a picnic basket.
Title by indexer. Photograph of Edward and Nan Kiokun of Mekoryuk, holding examples of their artwork. Edward Kiokun is holding two masks and Nan Kiokun is holding two grass baskets. One basket appears to depict a musk ox and the other a...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Rowland and Mary Cox with a dogsled, posing for a Christmas card. Rowland stands on the runners and Mary is in the basket holding a puppy.
Title from donor notes. Photograph shows David Frankson sitting at a kitchen table, weaving a baleen basket. Several finished baskets and some tools can be seen on the table.
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title taken from caption. "Costumes des habitants des Iles Aleoutiennes", (Costumes of inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands). A native man wearing a long overcoat and a head gear (visor) leaning on a paddle. He is facing a woman in a long...
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....
The room is furnished with a small book case. A portrait of a child sits on top of the shelf, as does a clock and what looks like decorative pottery or perhaps a basket. A high round table stands in the center of the room; a vase is placed as its...
The room is furnished with a small book case; a portrait of a child sits on top of the shelf along with a clock and what looks like decorative pottery or perhaps a basket. A high round table stands in the center of the room with a vase as its...
"After sorting, the grass blades are gathered in neat bundles and hung out to cure. Whenever a rain shower came along all the curing grass bundles throughout the village were whisked out of sight as if by magic." (Olaus J. Murie, Circa 1937)