Title from accompanying notes. "20 April. Shige at Camp 1." Mountain climber stopped to pose for the camera on the trail, there are six other men on the trail in front of him. He is tethered with rope and has sunglasses, quilted mittens, and...
"My cold weather outfit. Beaver cap, Caribou coat, moose hide fur trimmed mittens, woolen pants, moosehide moccasins and on the snowshoes made for me by Sarah Bob one of the Ketchumstuk tribe squaws of the Forty Mile Indians. These snow shoes are...
Caption reads: "Mukpie - Point Barrow Eskimo Girl. Youngest person aboard, and one of the survivors of the S.S. "Karluk." Canadian-Arctic (Stefansson) Expedition." A young girl stands outside, wearing a fur parka,...
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...
Circa 1918 school class of Rampart. Identified in this photo are: ? Roberts, Mary Evans, Craine Joe, Jessie Evans, Arthur Pitka, Robert George, Mildred Evans, Alfred Woods, Edward Pitka, Tommy Evans, Kathryn Anderson, Arthur Mayo, Walter Woods,...
Five young women identified as left to right: Kuzrere or Grace (Mrs. Percy Blatchford of Nome), Koot egweena, Angnohok, Oo me eeuk, Ang arolok or Bessie (Mrs. Henry Miller of Teller).
Title from verso. Image shows a young man standing in the snow wearing a fur parka, mittens, mukluks and snowshoes. Trees are visible in the background. Image is faded.
Title from verso. Image shows Grant Pearson and Erling Strom of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. Pearson was a ranger for Mount McKinley National Park and Strom was a...
Title from verso. Image shows a white man dressed in Native fur clothing standing by the door to a cabin. Individual may be Calvin Townsend who worked as a game warden for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries starting in 1913. Calvin Townsend...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...