Caption: Commercial whale bone is suspended from the upper jaw bone of the whale instead of teeth this whale had #10,600 worth of bone - five men stood abreast between its jaws. The longest...
"Bone diggers from U. of Alaska dug this up. It is part of an eskimos village 2000 years old. (Point Hope)." Wood and bone from an excavation unit at the prehistoric village, Point Hope, Alaska.
Group of men identified as left to right: Scott C. Bone, Governor of Alaska; A. W. Leonard, President of Puget Sound L. & P. G.; Samuel H. Piles, U. S. Senator (Wash.); Clarence B.?; Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice President of the United States;...
Title from caption. Photograph of a woman on the bank of the Yukon River cutting salmon. Narrative in photo album reads: Above is Eva cleaning salmon. This is a hard, dirty, wet job. The salmon are split flat wise along the back bone to the...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of salmon hung up to dry. Narrative in photo album reads: "The salmon are split flat wise along the back bone to the tail. They are then hung over poles to partially dry in the sun. If to be used for dog food...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from duplicate photograph. "Dedication of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines held on September 2 1922. The Fairbanks Daily News Miner described the day as follows: "The A.A.C and S.M opened in a blaze of glory, God...
Group gathers outside the Richardson Roadhouse during Gov. Bone's trip. Visible are Governor Bone and his family, Bob Hickman and his wife, Judge & Mrs Clegg, Ben Eielson, Vide Gaustad and O. P. Gaustad.
Title taken from accompanying note. An older man sits on a bed in what may be a quonset hut, holding a piece of a cane or of a bone. The bag hanging to his left reads, "N.C.Co."
Title taken from accompanying note. "[Sign for Utkeagvik Presbyterian Church, established 1898 (Barrow & N.A.R.L., 1973); photo has negative]." Two pieces of what may be whale bone support a sign, itself carved in bone.
Title taken from accompanying note. "[Sign for Utkeagvik Presbyterian Church, established 1898 (Barrow & N.A.R.L., 1973); photo has negative]." Two pieces of what may be whale bone support a sign, itself carved in bone. See identical photo at...
Title taken from image. These four men are standing near a cart that is draped in an American flag and holding vegetables. A sign reading "Fairbanks Products" identifies the items as local produce. The man at left is Alaska Territorial Governor...
Title taken from caption. View of a whale bone resting on a rack and part of an umiak on the beach in Kotzebue, Alaska. Photograph taken 07/05/1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...