Caption: Reindeer shed their horns every year. The male shed six weeks earlier than the female, so that during the fawn season the mother may protect the young.
Photograph of an Indian Camp on the Bell River showing a family posing with their season's catch. Visible are hides and furs, snowshoes, a cache and a canvas tent with a stove pipe sticking out.
Shows Bering Sea from Nunivak Island southeast to Atka Island. Depths shown by soundings. "Copied from a chart drawn by Harry Clifford Fassett, Capts. clerk." Report U.S.F.S. 1894. 80 x 72 cm.
Includes notes on geology and seal populations. Relief shown by shading and hachures. "Surveyed & drawn July 1872, by Henry W. Elliott." Manuscript map; hand colored.
Includes notes. Depths shown by soundings. "Copied from a chart drawn by Henry Clifford Fasset, Capt's. Clerk." From U.S. Fish Commission report, 1894.
Published in [Washington, D.C.] by the United States Fish Commission in 1894. ...
See the numbers on the photo: 1. Tishu (Stokes) Ulen; 2. Nellie McNeal "Little Nellie ... she stayed for the summer with us." 3. Jay ?; 4. Madame Melbourne; 5. Mrs. Brown; 6....
Title from caption. Photograph shows Athabascan canoes pulled up on to the riverbank at a fish camp. A few tents can be seen with men standing near them.
Title from caption. Photograph shows F.G. Manley, D.T. Kennedy, and S.A. Bonnefield atop horses, with several pack mules. Another man stands off to the side. The full caption reads: "D.T. Kennedy's pack train with 1200 pounds of gold dust for...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of farm equipment on an experimental farm in Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album reads: "All scenes on the U. S. Experimental Station. Main objective was to develop a wheat which would ripen hard enough to...
Title from caption. Photograph of a canning town. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two salmon cannery towns practically deserted except during the canning season."
Title from caption. Photograph of an unidentified cannery town. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two salmon cannery towns practically deserted except during the canning season."
An e-mail from Chuck Mobley, dated September, 2009,...
Title from caption. Photograph of a grain harvest. Narrative in photo album reads: "Reaper & header box wagon. I worked during one season driving 3 horse team on one of these wagons & pitching the load off on a stack. Temperature 90 degrees...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a Christmas card with a caribou next to tree. The card reads:"Season's greetings from Nome Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Miller". Original size is 3.25 in. x 5.25 in.
Group of people are standing outside of the Beaver Dam Roadhouse, 42 mile Richardson Road. Identified in this photograph are: Elsie (nee Hamburger) Kittridge, the small child holding womans hand, Mrs Isaac Hamburger identified as mother on far...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
(9:33 Min.) (02 of 09)
Barging
landmarks -- sandbars; night navigation; freight -- food, machinery, lumber; 120 tons a trip; short season; steamboats; Peterson, Don; changes in handing freights; forklift; building of the barge; barge history; army;...
(3:15 min) (05 of 17) Back to teaching
Bad fire season too many people crashing. Took job flying for Trans-ocean airways, then flew Korean air lift for military. After war too much competition from Wien Airways so went back to teaching. ...