Woman demonstrates butchering method or skins a reindeer while others watch. Bag on ground behind her may be made from a whole sealskin (poke). Caribou meat was stored in sealskin pokes. Person in foreground at left is wearing a squirrel skin...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of the Ice carnival house built by Pietro Vigna, March 1934. Otto Geist on far right in bird feather parka. Visible in the photograph are many examples of native hunting and fishing equipment such as seal poke...
Title taken from caption. View of cars parked outside Poke O'Gold cafe in Alaska, with antlers and snowshoes displayed on building. Sign on building reads: "Cafe." 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title from sleeve. Sealskin bag hanging from wooden rack next to what appears to be two bones. Wooden building and barrels in background. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
Tan horsehide; 17" long x 4 3/4"; two thongs and bag and machine sewn; smooth side inside; markings - one side has in 1" letters: "W.A. BANK" and other side in 3/8" letters: "No. 500" and a diamond-shape with the words "Cordovan Horsehide"; used at...
Men with rifles stand guard in front of The Manila Saloon Note: After Soapy Smith was shot, some of his gang members were rounded up and held in the Manila; seated on the far right is Si Tanner, who became the new marshal and was given a...
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
54 second, black & white/silent, film clip of the Miss Alaska float at the 1935-1936 Winter Ice Carnival. The clip includes the contestants climbing off the float, up the ice throne and the winner being crowned. What appears to be a seal poke...