A whale boat captain is seated on a snow bank, behind him is a pole with items hanging from it like chains, a pot, and next to him is another pot and a mitten. The captain is wearing a rain parka made of gut and rain boots, he has a labret in in...
Almer J. Peterson standing next to wash tub and washboard doing laundry in Palmer (known earlier as Warton), Alaska, with buildings in background. Buildings are at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony. From verso:...
Aron Erickson is talking to George Sexton inside his hotel the Coleman House, also known as Sexton's Hotel. Neil Sexton, son of George is sitting with the Sexton's bulldog. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Bogoslof Island (left) with prominant Castle Rock outcrop of stone and Fire Island (right) with Perry Island in center erupting. Photograph of Perry Island now known as the Metcalf Cone was a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone...
Buildings at hot springs, Pilgrim Springs, Alaska, with snow on the ground partially melted. From front: "Kruzamapa [sic] Hot Springs, Seward Peninsula, Alaska." From verso: "Orth: Kruzgamepa Hot Springs. Later known as Pilgrim Springs. Property of...
Built in 1913 as a hotel and bordello, the Alaskan was also known as the Northlander; after being condemned in 1977, it was subsequently restored and, in 1981, placed on the National Register of Historic Places
Caption reads: "'Nigger Head and Vsevidof from across the entrance to the harbor." The hill to the left in front of the volcano is the geographical feature now known as High Hill on Umnak Island along Nikolski Bay. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Caption: Clad in one piece water proof suits two butchers get into a hole cut in the whales stomach and proceed to carve the meat and throw it to the women on the ice on shore.
S.R. Bernardi photographs formerly known as The Gertrude Lusk...