Verso: Wedding party - John Brynteson (seated in lg chair) - (3 Lucky Swedes, Nome) Accompanying letter: Enclosed in a negative and print of the wedding party of John Brynteson, one of the "3 Lucky Swedes" of Nome fame. The marriage (1902)...
Title from image. Three women between totem poles on path in front of building. Verso: From a long distance the totem poles announced to the visitor that he was approaching the Alaskan Building. These totem poles, with the Alaskan Indians,...
Young woman seated at left has white bandage wrapped around her head. Calendar visible on wall to the left, but year is not legible. Woman in back, wearing the striped parka, is Uumiñaq, and her daughter Lily is standing in front of her. Rest of...
Messenger Feast (Kivgiq) Runner (Aqpatat) holding Messenger Sticks (Ayauppiaq). Runner would travel from host village to another village to invite them to the Kivgiq. The messenger sticks would have items attached to them to symbolize gifts the...
Two girls pose outside behind six chests of the type brought to Alaska during the maritime fur trade of the early 19th century; picket fence and houses in background Note: Photograph was published in Monuments in Cedar, by Edward L. Keithahn,...
Title from verso Additional information from verso: Native who was held in jail at Nome one year and two months without a trial, having been kidnapped by Lomen Reindeer and Trading Co.'s boat SILVER WAVE and brought to Nome and incarcerated in...
Title from verso Additional information from verso: Natives brought to Nome to testify against another Native named Ny-ang-uk [See ASL-P422-30], who was kidnapped by crew of SILVER WAVE, a Lomen Reindeer and Trading Co.'s boa, and brought to...
Title drawn from verso Prospectors brought lumber, engines, and boilers ashore and built small steamboats to launch into Yukon River and its tributaries; tents along shore; boats in harbor; a man passes a pile of lumber
Title drawn from verso; verso notes shown below photograph Prospectors brought lumber, engines, and boilers ashore and built small steamboats to launch into Yukon River and its tributaries; tents along shore; boats in harbor; a man passes a...
Title from verso notes; full verso: “A particularly handsome and valuable dog team, [photograph] taken on the shore of the Bering Sea; this dog team belonged to the Alaska Commercial Co. at St. Michael, Alaska, [and] was brought to Nome, Alaska,...
Title taken from interview notes. Interview notes: One car of car of coho salmon contained 7,000 salmon, of reds or sockeye - 10,000 salmon. They often brought in 3-6 cars.
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...