A whale boat captain is seated on a snow bank, behind him is a pole with items hanging from it like chains, a pot, and next to him is another pot and a mitten. The captain is wearing a rain parka made of gut and rain boots, he has a labret in in...
Driftnet boat brings in sample catch of fish to check for oil contamination. Not allowed to fish because of mousse and oil debris found in their fishing waters caused by the Exxon Valdez - Kenai Boat Harbor (Cook Inlet).
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Title from verso. "[Nearly everybody meets the plane. The arrival of Wien Consolidated Airlines aircraft at bush station is an event. It brings mail, freight, visiting relatives, government travelers and an occasional tourist who takes the bush...
Title from verso. Alternate title from verso: "Navy ship resupplies Pribilof Islands and brings back seal skins(Nine of 16)" Children swing as other children look on from a boat landing. Verso reads: "Nine of 16. Bering Sea Playground...
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas umiaks shuttling cargo from a Navy vessel to St. George. Verso reads: "Five of 16. Last Long Mile -- Although cargo to the Pribilofs arrived at destination aboard a modern Navy transport which also...
Title from verso. Photograph of sealskin harvest barreled for transport on the USS Thuban, seen in the background. Verso reads: "Seven of 16. Precious Cargo -- In neatly spaced barrels, part of a four million dollar sealskin harvest...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph with the following caption: A short walk west from Cushman down 1st street brings you to the L. B. Mercantile water system storage tank. Water customers also had to pay for the steam lines that ran...
Title taken from verso. View of Fairchild 1100 helicopter bringing workmen to Tatalina River erosion project during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction near Livengood in Interior Alaska. Sept. 13, 1971. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original...