Verso: Taking the rank off the white man and putting it on the Eskimo. This was one of the best decisions I made. The white man in this picture turned out to be Bishop Gordon and the Eskimo's name David Frankson of Pt. Hope.
Boatbuilding in Alatna in 1949. Cora Moses, Wallace Nictune, Richard Napoleon, Oscar Nictune, Elma Sam, Frank Sam (partially hidden), and Jimmy Edward. They are putting the...
Helen Edwards and Anne Nictune putting a seining net into the boat in preparation to seine. Taken at Alatna by an unknown photographer, perhaps Wallace Nictune, in 1943.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a little boy in a bathing suit. He appears to be putting toothpaste on a toothbrush. The little boy may be Joe Crosson Jr. A woman's hair can be seen.
Title from caption. Photograph of two six-horse teams planting wheat. Narrative in photo album read: "Wheat is the only product. Six horse teams putting wheat in the ground in a hurry to take advantage of moisture conditions."
Title from caption in album: "July 31 - Camp in a bar -en route". Photograph shows two men standing with their horses. The horses are not wearing saddles, and the men appear to either be putting them on or removing them. They are standing...
Logging in the vicinity of Pigot Bay, Prince William Sound. Logger is using a Caterpillar bulldozer with an attached lifting arm to move logs into place to form a log raft. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of scow (barge) about to be towed up a set of wooden rails so it can be dry-docked for the winter, probably near Naknek, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area....
Title taken from caption. View of two men putting kelp into a potato garden. Caption also says: "Native fertilizing potato garden at Kodiak. From time immemorial the natives have applied the ribbon kelp, Alaria fistulosa, as fertilizer to their...
Cyanotype photograph of Captain David Legge Brainard (left), 14th U.S. Infantry and leader of the Alaska Relief Expedition, and Captain George Ruehlen at Dyea in 1898. The two men stand in front of a tent with boxes stacked to the right. Both have...
Closeup view of Bill Ritter holding two Alaskan king crabs, about to drop them into the cooking vat at the Alaska-Fresh Crab Plant in Homer, Alaska. He is dressed in a rubber apron and wearing a hat. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Title hand-written on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 6, 1961 and depicts three men putting fuel into a float plane that sits in the water in front of a river beach near Fort Yukon, Alaska. There is an overturned...
Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa prepare to launch a surf boat to investigate a distressed vessel. From May's journal, dated June 1st: "By radio we hear that two boats have been reported missing, and we are now searching for them....
Title taken from caption. Actually the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter William J. Duane (later shortened to "Duane"). From May's journal, dated August 9th: "The Duane is 328 feet long with a 40 foot beam, but only draws 12 feet of water, which seems almost...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.