A man is carrying (transporting) a canoe on his head, using one hand to balance the canoe, while the other hand is holding a canister or perhaps a gas can. The man is walking along a field of tall grass or possibly some type of grain. In the...
Paddlers of Brown Bear Canoe hold paddles resting on gunwales, painted paddle patterns visible; a small spruce canoe is pulled alongside; dock leading to house in background
Title taken from verso. Five men and a boy with a cedar canoe on the beach. The canoe is outfitted with oar locks and oars, as well as traditional paddles. One man is gutting fish on a rock; another is working with the seine net.
Dr. Cook sits with his back against what may be a canoe, a pump action firearm leans against the canoe. A fire recently burned one of the trees near Dr. Cook.
Two people in a canoe aside what appears to be a half-sunk canoe. The sun is shining brightly on the still water, and there's a boat in the water to the left. Two houses are to the right near the shore.
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."
Title from photo album. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg in a birch-bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads: "These canoes weigh but fifty to sixty pounds and are from fifteen to eighteen feet long and about eighteen inches to two feet...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of a man in a birch-bark canoe. Narrative in photo album reads: "I learned to go about in these canoes very well, altho not many white men care to use them. One sits on the bottom, or doubled-up on the knees as...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...