View of crowd gathered at fur auction at Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage, Alaska, with furs hanging on display and auctioneers dressed in fur parkas. Sign reads: "Fur auction." Feb. 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x...
Woman wearing white fox fur trimmed dress and holding white fox fur muff stands below line of white fox pelts hanging from front of Alaska Fur Factory in Anchorage, Alaska. Sign on building reads: "Alaska Fur Factory." From information with photo:...
View of three men standing on a stage, two holding pelts. Behind the men is a rack of furs, mostly wolf pelts. The banner above the men reads; "[F]ur Auc[tion]". Photo taken during the 1966 Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage, Alaska.
View of people (woman in center wears fur coat) and musher (at right) with sled dog team on 4th Avenue during Fur Rendezvous celebration in Anchorage, Alaska. Vehicles are parked along street and 4th Avenue Theatre marquee is partially visible at...
Title taken from verso. Fur buyer Ed Shepherd (left) examines furs at general store in Kotzebue, Alaska, during purchase, while another man looks on at right. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." 1958. Photographer: Ward W....
Title taken from verso. Fur trader Ed Shepherd (right) examines polar bear skin before purchase at Kivalina, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." 1958. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title taken from caption. View of Fur Rendezvous dogsled races in Anchorage, Alaska, with spectators in background. Also from caption: "Anchorage, AK." Signs on building read: "Cameras. Hewitt's. Fountain. Alaska Fur Factory. Cheechako," "Drink...
View of polar bear pelts hanging in front of Alaska Fur Factory in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with men at right. Car is parked at left and bicycles are in front of store. Signs on buildings read: "Reductions" and "Alaska Fur Factory." Photograph...
Title taken from verso. Fur trader and buyer Ed Shepherd wearing fur parka, with polar bear skin rolled and tied after purchase during trip to Kivalina, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." March-April 1958....
Trapper Peter Britch measuring beaver pelts at furrier in Anchorage, Alaska, after trapping and cleaning them, with fur coats hanging in background. April 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4".
Eight women in fur garments are standing on the ice at the Village of Tanana. Each is dressed in fur and hide clothing, including mittens and footwear. Note the stitching along the edges of the photograph. Pictured left to right are: Charlotte...
View of three men examining a fur pelt in a store in Minto, Alaska. Photograph was taken during the Minto Winter Carnival in 1966. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from verso. Fur trader Ed Shepherd examines rolls of oogruk (bearded seal) skins before purchase at Kotzebue, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." 1958. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size:...
Three minute, color/silent film clip of the 1959 Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage. Images include a fur auction, dog sled weight pull, blanket toss, people posing in wooden cut-out paintings, and a merry-go-round.
Title by cataloguer. The Seal is seen lying down on a patch of grass with a raised head, and looking straight ahead. His thick black fur glisens in the distance.
The Northern fur seal can spend up to 22 months in the sea, and ocean....
Verso-[J. H. Schoechert & Family, Moravian Missionaries at Carmel, Nushagak River, Alaska. Work commenced 1887-(picture about 1902-03), work progressing quite well 221 members 250 new people, adherents & candidates. Total at Carmel, 471.] ...