Title taken from verso. View of men unloading cargo from boats while a group of men, women, children, and dogs look on from among the rocks in the background at King Island (also known as Ukivok), Alaska. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size:...
Caption: Commercial whale bone is suspended from the upper jaw bone of the whale instead of teeth this whale had #10,600 worth of bone - five men stood abreast between its jaws. The longest...
Title taken from front. View of citizens grading Alaska Home Railway in front of the Congregational Church (also known as Echo Church), Valdez, Alaska. Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Photographer's number 1539. Aug. 13, 1907....
View of village of Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska, location of U.S. Government Reindeer Project. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard Kosbau and Ward W. Wells,...
Title taken from caption. View of path and trees along shore of Woody Island (known earlier as Wood Island), Alaska, with buildings in background. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1915....
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from label on matting. View of warble fly and nose fly (both known as pests to reindeer) held next to wood boards with nails at Golovin, Alaska. Photographer's number 7896. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size:...
Title taken from label on matting. Close up view of grub, or larva, or warble fly (known as pest to reindeer) at Golovin, Alaska. Photographer's number 7898. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 9 5/8".
Whale boats in the Bering Sea wait for a whale to surface.
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundry between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in the Bering Straits. The whale has...
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...
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundary between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in Bering Strait.
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...
What looks to be the entire population of Long, Alaska along with many guests watch a wheelbarrow race on July 4th, 1915. Visible businesses are: The Pioneer Store, general merchandise; Campbell's Store, which is also the Post Office; The...
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Alaska Airlines F27 over Fairbanks, Alaska and Ladd Air Force Base (later known as Fort Wainwright). 1960-1965. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title from verso. "Wilkins' Expedition. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." The markings on the side of the ski plane read: "Detroit News Wilkins Expedition" and "Stinson Detroiter". See UAF-1991-98-427 for more information.