09 Flew that summer (1946) (4:15 min,) (09 of 09)
Got married soon thereafter, husband owned a trading post in McGrath. Had a son and then husband got sick and died; left her with a child and a trading post to run. Stayed in McGrath until 1953.
28 second, color/silent, film clip of a woman demonstrating how to get a small child in and out of the carrying position beneath her parka, 1958-1961. Two girls look on as she ties a strap to hold the child in position.
48 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Romig Collection, 1930-1932". Film shows the arrival of Matt Neimanen with his wife and child in Anchorage, Alaska, on a ski plane. On the side of the plane appears to be...
75 second film clip, black & white/silent of medical professionals using an x-ray, apparently photographing the leg of a small child. A nurse is working with an autoclave.
[The finding aid states that this is a photo of "Etta (Esther) Goldstein Marks. 1st daughter (2d child) of Reuben (Anna). M. 1893 in Chicago to Henry Marks..." The library has digitized a duplicate copy of this photograph to include the original...
"A water power saw mill, the brain child of Jack Scheele. This was arranged, that a small log could be set in the log cradle, the water turned in the race to the water wheel, that in turn operated the affair that when the slab had been sawn off...