Lane, Lennie (maker). A wooden stool with composite seal hook equipment. The wooden stool has 3 legs approximately 7.5 in.) and the seat is triangular (approximately 12 in. on each side). There is a small triangle cut into the seat 1.5 in. into...
Lane, Lennie (maker). A wooden stool with composite seal hook equipment. The wooden stool has 3 legs approximately 7.5 in.) and the seat is triangular (approximately 12 in. on each side). There is a small triangle cut into the seat 1.5 in. into...
Accession Number: 433 Old Num: 110 Description: wood; carved Found: arctic ocean Descriptive Narrative: Spare paddle blade carved from natural light colored wood. Both sides of the blade have a central ridge with the back ridge...
Left to right: Little Frank Walley, Mrs. Frank Walley, Billy Walley. Mrs. Wm. (Kitty) Sibley, Billy Sibley. "Mrs. Walley lived to be 96. She's half Indian, half...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of an elevated cache with at least four dogsleds stored for summer. Hung higher and to the right side of the photo is drying meat. Also visible are at least two canoes. Narrative in photo album reads: "An...
Title from image. Photograph of gold miners shoveling dirt and gravel into a flume for washing. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left are 2 pictures of placer mining in the ordinary manner in creek beds. Sometimes to conserve enough...
Handwritten on left of photo is, "Love and best wishes to all from Basil." Postcard is postmarked July 29, 1912 from Ruby, Alaska, and is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Written is, "Ruby. July 29. Dear...
Title from caption: "Carving ice in the Yukon River at Ruby, Alaska. 5 ft. 8 in. thick, Mar. 1, '13." Postcard is postmarked Ruby, Alaska on Mar. 29, 1913 and is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. R.R. no. 7 Hopkin [Hopkins] Co....
Inset in the middle of the postcard with the greeting are two photos of dogs mushing. Left side of postcard is captioned, "looking down river." Top left photo shows downtown Ruby with two people standing outside the...
Portrait photo of six men and two dogs standing outside a building. Fourth man from the left is holding a pair of snowshoes, fifth man is holding a pipe. One dog standing in between the legs of the third man from the left...
Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska in July 1909 and addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Ridgeway, Tex. [Texas]. Written on the verso, "July 17, 09. Dear folks at home, I supose [suppose] you are feeling mean at me for...
Photograph of Mary Cox. She is holding a pole but it is not clear what she is doing. There is a boat on a raised platform in the distant background. There is no snow on the ground and she is wearing saddle shoes with her parka.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a few people standing with a large sled and sled dogs. Caption from album reads: "During the greater part of the year the mail is carried by dog teams. The dogs are hitched by two with one dog at the head as...
A woman carrying a child on her back. The inscription "Chief David" is written on a plank above the entrance of the log house. She is dressed in a checkered dress, a short cloak and knee high boots. Her hair is pulled back; she is smiling as though...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a log cabin which is presumably a customs' office. What is striking about this picture is the hill behind the cabin. There are numerous tree stumps through out and across the hill....
Title taken from caption. " Dur store in San Jose, CAL." Cataloguer's note: Notice the various signs on the building across the street. In the center there is the Herald weekly, which is located on the second floor slightly to the right,...
View of Alaska Department of Highways sign with facts about Alaska posted on Alaska Highway, possibly near border between Alaska and Canada. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Facts on Alaska. Alaska is twice as large as Texas, covering...
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
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