Full note reads: "1930 Christmas by Bob Marshall". Other notes list people on photograph: Mr. & Mrs. Big Jim, Jonas, Jenny Sucket, George Eaton, Marshall Green, Mamie Green.
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
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 indexer. Photograph shows two men and a boy standing on a deck. Behind them sits a mountain that appears to be Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The man on the right appears to Ben Eielson.
Title from caption. Photograph of a corner of the parlor of Ben Moore's home in Skagway, Alaska. Caption reads: "Another corner view of our parlor -- Skaguay, Al. Note the mounted head & feet above piano, of my trained young moose which...
Title from caption. Photograph of the corner of Ben Moore's bedroom. Caption reads: "One corner view of my bedroom in Skaguay home, note the bunch of fine red, cross, silver gray, black & white fox pelts at left of wardrobe, also several pair...
There's snow on the ground and two teams of dogs are shown with crowds of people lining a downtown street with stores and businesses in the background.
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Rev. Cox and Charlie Evans playing a game of chess. Additional narrative reads: "The chess partner is BIA assistant schoolteacher Charlie Evans (husband of the then head schoolteacher Vivian Evans)."
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "The Monopoly strategists are Billy Weber and his wife, Assistant schoolteacher Alice Tooyak Downey Weber, daughter of Beatrice Vincent and Peel Tooyak, widow of Chester Downey, who was killed...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Jim VanStone with Chrismas decorations and gifts. Additional donor notes read: "Dr. James W. VanStone spent a year, 1955-56, at Point Hope. His book, 'Point Hope: An Eskimo Village in Transition' was...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Teddy Frankson, Frank Lane, Bertha Koonuk and Joseph Towksjhea; the 'Tigara Play-Boys' as they record on a reel to reel tape player. Additional donor notes read: "The highlight of the Tigara...