Two men stand outside a door. A sign on the door reads: "Lomen Bros. Studio." The man on the right is wearing a pin-stripe suit, and preparing to hand something to the man on the left. There are photos and portraits in...
A long line of people climb the Chilkoot Trail with their full backpacks. Another large group of people are near the base of the trail, possibly assembling and preparing to ascend the Trail. There seems to a...
Title from caption. Handwritten note on slide reads "New models and snow mobile. Napaki'ak [Napakiak]. 1949." Three men surrounding a snowmobile appear to be preparing for a trip. In the left side of photo is the entrance to a building and a...
"Natives at Wainwright preparing to race us. We used one of their boats which are covered with walrus skin. They won by a boat length." A large group of people prepare for an umiak race, several other boats are visible on the beach and just off...
152 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Washburn Collection, 1938". Film shows men preparing a plane to take off from a tidal flat. The plane takes off and then lands again, and is refueled. Aircraft N-Number:...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Rivenburg, Mrs. Jack Rice, Arthur Pitka and Mr. Paul Shultz in front of Mr. Shultz's store. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left is a picture taken by Mr. Rice in front of Mr. Shultz's...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mrs. Pitka preparing a moose hide. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below. Mrs. Pitka working at tanning a moose hide. She is using a dull knife to remove pieces of flesh from the skin."
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man and an older woman standing in front of an airplane. Another man appear to be working on the airplane. The man appears to be Joe Crosson and the woman appears to be Nellie Ross Norwood. They are...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Rice preparing to take a trip. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two views of the Rice's traveling in canoe & by boat in which the brush protect from the hot glare of the sun."
Title from caption. Photograph of soldiers preparing to clear a gun emplacement on Attu Island, Alaska. Caption reads: "Ny 901 -- Two Jap [ Japanese ]soldiers were entrenched in this gun emplacement on the west arm of Holtz Bay, Attu. ...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows people standing near a Ford Tri-Motor airplane on skis in Kotzebue. Caption under photograph reads "Kotzebue 1937 - preparing for trip to Barrow".
The airplane tail number is NC 8419 and the airplane also...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of men preparing one of the church buildings related to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Point Hope, Alaska, for moving.
42 second film clip, black & white/silent. The clip shows miners preparing and drilling hard rock. The clip was taken from the movie "The Story of Copper."