Wood frame of birch with three crossbars. Upper and lower sections weaved with babiche and middle section is weaved with moosehide line. On (B) there is also some heavy cotton twine used in middle section. For the boot lashings, (A) has wide...
Woman in gold rush era costume sits on bar pouring drink with painting of dancers on wall in background and liquor bottles on shelf behind her during "Bonanza Days" events in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "Connie Phillips on the bar." Some signs...
Wilma Knox walks down a street in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. From caption: "Bob caught me from behind as I strolled down past what must have been some kind of recreation hall. We looked in the window and there were seats inside and a large...
Wilma Knox looks at a few playing cards and an empty cigar box left on a table in the recreation hall in the abandoned copper mining town of Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "In the huge recreation hall where the miners went to play cards in the...
View of welcome sign at Bettles Field, Alaska. Sign reads: "Welcome to Bettles Field, Alaska. 66 [degrees]-54' N. 151 [degrees]-31' W. 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population 51. Elevation 665'. Lowest recorded temp[erature] Jan. 1947 -65...
View of Warner homestead, probably in Matanuska Valley, Alaska. From verso: "Dear Peterson: There are some snaps of Warner homestead. I'd appreciate it if you'd send the one of the house and children to Mrs. Warner. Thanks for your note and the...
View of two people butchering an animal. Behind the workers can be seen the shoreline several boats and some of the village. Based on other photos in series this photo was most likely taken in Holy Cross, Alaska in 1963. See photos: ...
View of traffic and parked vehicles on street in Fairbanks, Alaska. Some signs in photo read: "Dinner house" and "1st National Bank." Lettering on truck at right reads: "Studebaker." Aug. 1953. Photographer: Robert Mounteer. Photograph type: 35 mm...
View of some of the homes built along the cliffs of King Island. The buildings are supported by stilts braced against the steep slopes. A hide is stretched out on a frame in the right hand side foreground of the photograph.
View of some of the burned out buildings from the Big Fire in Nome, 13 Sept. 1905. Fresh milled lumber is visible for the rebuilding and one structure is already going up. The name Goetze appears in the bottom right of the photograph and may be...
View of six women dressed in period costumes in Skagway, Alaska. From front: "Skagway Gals of [18]98". From verso: "Chris McClain, some of the gals". 1958. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Women in photo identified as (left to right):...