One end of a bridge is visible, with ropes or cables hanging from the other side (foreground). A car is parked on the frozen river or on the bank, and three people stand nearby. Many of the photographs from...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of children playing outside a cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above are the Indian children industriously making mud pies. They play 'keep house' and many other games and are very fond of dolls."
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb damage from an air raid on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Aleutian Islands -- Pillars of smoke rise from Japanese barracks and military installations on the Island of Kiska, as bombs from U.S. Army...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from donor notes. Photograph shows David Frankson sitting at a kitchen table, weaving a baleen basket. Several finished baskets and some tools can be seen on the table.
Title from donor notes. Full donor notes read: "Jim VanStone making an oil-drum stove for his rented house (w/oversight by Bernard Nash)." The men appear to be in a workshop and tools can be seen hanging on the wall.
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Rev. Cox and Jack Tuzroyluk setting up a camp next to Kisimiloq mountain. Full donor notes read: "RJC (cutting out site for tent) & Jack Tuzroyluk making camp at Kisimaloq en route to Kivalina."
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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39 second, color/silent film clip of men making babiche (hide rope). First, a man rinses the hide in a barrel, then in a large body of water. Two men then stretch and cut the hide into strips.
Title from accompanying notes. "9 April. Bamboo, Al Randall (expedition leader), and Pete are making a sign to welcome the main party of expedition members to the Russell Glacier. We were toasting the arrival of Bamboo and Al with a little...