Title taken from back of photograph. "Left: Thimble basket 11/8" tall - 1" diameter women by Jennie Golley in Atka 1946. Right: Basket woven over a bottle 3" tall 11/2" diameter woven by Annie Golley 1946."
Title taken from caption. View of a sign near Eklutna Lake in southcentral Alaska, in the snow and at night. Sign reads: "United States, Department of the Interior, Alaska Power Administration, Eklutna Project. Eklutna Lake, elevation 8710 feet,...
Coiled willow with spruce stitching: leather in handle, red and blue green dyes, flat bottom, vertical sides with diamond, and hourglass geometrical design. Lid has blue, red geometrical designs, and a green circle at center. About 1.75 in. long...
Kobuk-style woven birch bark basket with spruce root lashing around a willow rim. Green thread visible inside basket along sides of base. Spruce root on bottom is reinforced with a second layer of spruce root. 5" or 13 cm diameter across top x 3"...
Made: Russia
Used: St. Michael
Found: Unalaska
Culture: Russian
Description: iron; wood; brass
Descriptive Narrative: Small cannon labeled "Russian cannon from St. Michael". Iron barrel is 36" long x approx. 4-1/2"...
Relief shown by hachures. Engraved by J. & G. Menzies. "Projected and engraved for Thomson's New general atlas, 20th Sept. 1816." Glued to lower right corner: No. 6. Hand colored. 48 cm. in diameter.
Shows coast of Greenland connecting to North America and California as an island. Relief shown pictorially. "Cornelis Danckerts, exc." Planisphere. Heavily illustrated in margins. In color. 48.3 cm. diameter, on sheet 61 x 54.5...
Typewritten on recto: "Ice in mouth of Ship Creek, March 7th, 1917. This shows the large lumps. The largest one is about 25' in diameter and 20' high. A few of these, at times, are found among the floating ice."
Two construction workers stand at the entrance to the Eklutna Power Plant water tunnel. A railway line and large diameter pipe are visible going into the tunnel. The Eklutna dam, powerplant and tunnel (Eklutna Project) were constructed between...
Round embroidered fabric patch. Design comprises a snarling polar bear head and gold star on blue field. This patch was in use by the Alaska Defense Command beginning in 1943. Object size: 2 1/2 inch diameter circle.
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Three lions." View of several trees with mountains in the background. From May's journal, dated June 30th: "Near this site is a small cluster of trees, the only trees west of Kodiak. They were planted by the...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
The world's first single-leg drilling platform, called a monopod, was designed for Marathon Oil company and its partner to be used in developing the Trading Bay Field in Alaska. Seven foot model shows portions of the com=lately equipped platform...
The first leg of the monopod's journey to Cook Inlet, Alaska, required precise maneuvering under numerous bridges across the Columbia River. Pontoons, 24' in diameter by 174', which provided floatation, now rest on the inlet floor and have storage...