Sign above door reads "Hotel Pihl, Sitka Hot Spring." Pihl was an early day Sitka saloon owner and bootlegger. (per Joe Ashby, 1988) George Thornton Emmons is man on left (per Jerry Dzugan 5/4/05), and Merrill on right. (verso).]
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Title taken from image. Interview notes: Skins of four Mt. St. Elias blue bears, on the front of the Mission House. Paper bells above door: Ring me again. Third Liberty Loan. Buy US Government Bonds.
Title taken from image. front of Shake's House with open door and six children; totem poles, Bear-up-the-Mountain and Go-na-ka-dot; objects displayed on porch include hats, ceremonial staffs, totemic figures, quilt. Photographer's number 283.
Tlingit policeman Kah-Chuckte [Kah Kluck Tay], in uniform with badge and a cap that reads Killisnoo; standing in front of house with shield and signboard over door. Shield depicts a row of houses along a beach. c. 1900.Verso: A contemporary of...
Title taken from image. Saginaw Jake, of Killisnoo; standing in front of house with sign and shield over door, c. 1900. Photographer's number 257. Sign in image: Kitcheenault BY THE GOUVERNORS COMMISSION, AND THE COMPANYS...
Title from image. Seven men stand on steps with matching hats and ties. Town names are printed on shirts. Above door: The American Legion Alford John Bradford Post No 4.
Two couples in front of unidentified wood frame house with white trim. The white trim, small boards, and style of windows makes this house look government built. Unidentified family stands outside by door of arctic entry. People wear fancy parkas...
Daylight comes in through a window made of ice. A large door on one end allowed the boat through. The holes for the lashing were handmade. This driftwood frame was lighter than with modern techniques. Workshops were heated with seal oil lamps....