Women display crafts and works of art. The works include a miniature totem pole, baskets, beaded slippers, and bags. They are in front of a wooden building with a wire covering over the window. Image: Native woman Sitka Alaska. Photographer's...
Title taken from image. Child seated at right in front of two totems. A tree appears to be growing from the top of one totem pole. The area depicted may be a ruin of a house site. Photogrpher's number 57.
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Totem pole with winged raven, two grave monuments, covered grave; One monument states "At rest, Chief's Son, David Andrew - born December? 1871? - Drowned in Tongass Narrows, March 15, 1903?" Grave probably at Ketchikan or Saxman.
Title from image. Main St., above 5th. House in foreground, with executive mansion and another wooden house in background. Sidewalk and street are paved with wooden planks. A dog lounges next to utility pole.
This frame of would be covered with canvas to become a useable summer dwelling, qalluvik. A tent like this covered with skins is called an Itchellik by the Nunamiut. A tepee style tent with one pole in the middle is called a napattaq tupiq.
The house roof and part of the former structure are visible behind the intricately carved totem pole; the figure at the base of the totem appears to have a beard and curly hair.
Captain Amundsen arrives in Nome, Aug. 31, 1906, on his ship GJOA after 3 years in the Arctic, where he determined the Magnetic Pole and found the Northwest Passage. Photographer's number 5161