Accession Number: 81-3-5 Descriptive Narrative: "Gold" medal (Novadel) with Man's head (Alexander I ) on one side; Russian inscription on reverse. Contains nickel and copper with small amounts of gold and silver. Inscription: To Tamari...
Cataloguer's note: A glimpse of life in the sub-arctic -- One of the many creative ways of using man's best friend. This photograph shows how dogs (that look like pets), were used as beasts of burden. The picture looks as if it came from the...
Curved bone (rib) handle; curved steel blade with visible file marks; made from a file; fastened to handle with two metal bolts; three serrations on tip of handle; vertical scratches across front of handle where it joins blade; 9 7/8"...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "A bird's eye view of Chilkoot Pass showing the camp teeming with life and excitement in 1898. Hostile nature ever challenging man's courage on the trail of...
Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left and below are two of Mr. Shultz's pictures of the same canoe shown on the opposite page. "Mrs. Albert, Mrs. Luke and Mrs. Jennie Pitka working on a canoe in a little dry slough just back of the...
Photo montage of three photographs showing contestants in footraces during 4th of July celebrations in Ruby, Alaska. Text on top photo reads: "Start needle & thread race. Ruby, Alaska. July 4, 1917." Text on middle photo reads: "Three-legged race....
This knife has a bone handle and steel blade attached with two brass bolts and a piece of wood inserted under root lashing for better grip. Measures 9.5 in. long.
This photograph depicts Harold Pomeroy with his dog, Ruslan, at the Pomeroy's homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, circa 1950-1959. The dog is dressed in a man's shirt, and there are buildings and piles of lumber...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Mrs. Albert, Mrs. Luke and Mrs. Jennie Pitka helping in the construction of a birch-bark canoe. Also visible is another canoe being worked on by a man and a child being held by one of the women. Narrative in...
Title by cataloger. Portrait photograph of Alfred and Bessie in front of a log building. Narrative in the album reads: "Here are Bessie and Alfred, an educated progressive couple. Bessie was one of my pupils for a time. Alfred wished to copy...
Title by cataloguer. A half-length, profile shot of a man with spectacles. His hair is long yet neatly combed back, his attire is formal; he is wearing a tuxedo, black bow tie and white stiff shirt.
Title by indexer. Image shows a man's head above the backs of several musk oxen who are crowding near him. A farm building with a corrugated metal roof and two wooden feed containers containing hay are visible. A power pole and fence with...