View of dancers performing in Barrow, with drummers and spectators in background. Identified on photo verso as an Alaska Federation of Natives convention, but subsequently identified as the box drum or Wolf Dance at Christmas time or at Kivgiq...
Built in 1913 as a hotel and bordello, the Alaskan was also known as the Northlander; after being condemned in 1977, it was subsequently restored and, in 1981, placed on the National Register of Historic Places