Title from caption. Photograph of a fish wheel near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish, specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish wheels, two of which...
Title from image. Photograph of a fishwheel on the Yukon River near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish...
Title from caption. Photograph from a sternwheeler approaching the Five Finger Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "On our boat approaching Five Finger Rapids in the upper Yukon. Current was so swift that in going upstream, a cable was...
Title by Cataloguer. A studio portrait of a little girl in white, possibly in a chiffon dress, black shoes and a white bow fastened high above her head. She is sitting with her arms and legs crossed, exhibiting a distinctly lady-like manner.
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - The powerful cargo hoist is shown here lifting a 2,300- pound aircraft engine up to the door of a C-46 (Curtiss Commando). The frame on which the engine is lashed will be deposited inside the transport,...
Title from verso. "Bellanca Pace maker. 330 hp. Wright whirl wind engine circa 1934 probably Iliamna Country. Star Airlines photo from Dorothy Loftus. Kay Kennedy Mail: 12831 N. E. 83rd St. Kirkland, Wa. 98033." The tail of this float plane is...
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman holding a crab at Harold and Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy's homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, circa 1950-1952. The crab is resting on an up-turned wooden crate, and...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
The hook is made in two pieces of wood, lashed together with root and a rusty nail lashed on with root and string. The top piece of wood has a figure holding a creature by the legs. This symbolizes the story of Blackskin (see remarks), a man of the...
The drum's wooden rim is one piece, fastened with root where the handle joins the gut skin with a picture of a man in a kayak, a bird and a harpooned seal in a trap or net, all done in black with red line under the kayak and across the drum skin....
The drum's wooden rim is one piece, fastened with root where the handle joins the gut skin with a picture of a man in a kayak, a bird and a harpooned seal in a trap or net, all done in black with red line under the kayak and across the drum skin....
Made of two pieces of wood, each of which forms half the handle and half the rattle part; handle riveted with two copper bolts and lashed with leather strip; hawk's face either side of rattle; black, green, and red paint; faded; has two small...
Gold lapel pin that formerly belonged to Judge Clegg. "P of A" (Pioneers of Alaska) in black enamel, "P.G.P" (Past Grand President) in blue enamel. Pin fastener pat. 1900, screw length fastened to back of pin, 9/16 in. across.
Curved bone (rib) handle; curved steel blade with visible file marks; made from a file; fastened to handle with two metal bolts; three serrations on tip of handle; vertical scratches across front of handle where it joins blade; 9 7/8"...
Description: wood; carved; rawhide; glass bead; blue Descriptive Narrative: A rectangular box carved of wood, hinged with thong and fastened with a thong loop to a peg on box. The lid has 2 faces carved on it, one with a large upturned mouth...