Title from caption. Photograph of a fish wheel near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish, specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish wheels, two of which...
This round wood mask (16 x 13 x 5 cm) has arched eyebrows stained darker than the rest of the wood. The left eyebrow curves down to become the nose, which is triangular, with two round nostrils, and slightly flaring nostril arches. The face is...
Note on slide identifies womann as Evelyn Payne. Woman holding dog by front paws so that it stands on hind legs.
She and dog stand near a house and flower beds.
View of a woman walking on a log to cross a stream. Robert F. Griggs in his book "The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" stated that three of the expedition members' wives visited the park in 1919 and that these were the only women to do so during this...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of two men and a boy wearing winter gear. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Charlie Luke, Dick Williams and Archie Moses. Taken in winter village costume. Notice beaver skin caps, moose skin mittens beaded...
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over. The Winnie...
(3:20 min) (15 of 17) Change and familiarity
Man ran out onto ice and was waving arms Red thought something was wrong so landed and man just wanted to say hello. On a trip to Huslia with a fur buyer.
(4:16 min) (13 of 17) Flying for DGGS pt. 2
As a pilot for Division of Geology and Geodetic Surveys had emergency call to fly in whiteout conditions to get a badly burned man at another station. Flying under 200 ft. elevation so not to miss...
(4:40 min) (12 of 17) Flying for DGGS pt.1
As a pilot for Division of Geology and Geodetic Surveys had emergency call to fly in whiteout conditions to get a badly burned man at another station. Flying under 200 ft. elevation so not to miss...
(7:43 min) (11 of 17) Check your own gas cap
Picked up an L1 observation plane with Sasoon for Fish & Wildlife doing work in Prince William Sound. Flying on Sunday no one around Still had some in main tank as well as auxiliary tank. When...
(7:29 min) (10 of 17) Exciting and scary situations
Teaching in Ft. Yukon, went to Fairbanks then headed back with heavy load. Ft. Yukon ice fogged in, headed back to Fairbanks, White Mountains were fogged in too, had to climb over top. ...
(4:38 min) (06 of 17) Flying history, quit commercial flying 1960 quit flying so he could spend summers furthering education. Sam White gave advice, Harold Gilliam, Wien's, the real bush pilots or first wave of air pioneers. More...
(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. ...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "A wild swan captured alive by [August E.] Miller. Being at the height of its molt is was unable to fly and so was easily overtaken and captured by the power dory. It made such a disturbance with its...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "[August E.] Miller holding the swan, which we caught in the front end of the boat." Previous photo caption reads: "A wild swan captured alive by Miller. Being at the height of its molt is was unable to...
Title from caption. Image is a postcard. Image shows a bridge over some rushing rapids on a river. Caption reads "857 Whirlpool Rapids". The appears to be the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge on the Niagara River. Verso reads "11am. July 22. Dear...
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa take a lunch break on a fishing trip to Kenai Lake. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "At Mile 18 [on Lake Kenai] we went in three different parties in a motor boat...
Title taken from caption.
Clipping from a publication with the caption: The water wagon is a literal fact in Alaska. In many of the camps it is very hard to obtain good drinking water owing to the fact that wells are difficult to dig or drive...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.