A cross was made from the ice of Lake Iliamna for the blessing of the water. The cross broke, so they fixed it by using string. Bishop Benjamin blessed the water.
A man is carrying (transporting) a canoe on his head, using one hand to balance the canoe, while the other hand is holding a canister or perhaps a gas can. The man is walking along a field of tall grass or possibly some type of grain. In the...
ASL-MS004-2-3b-5
Item 5
(acc. # 10213)
Physical description: [68]p.
Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975
The following are stitched together as one booklet.
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
Bob Reeve, owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian Airways, lying on the snow, using a blow torch to melt the ice off the bottom of the plane skis. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Brody, A.W. (Bill) (Artist). Oil and alkyd on canvas painting. Mountains on left and right with stony outcrops. Blue sky with boiling white clouds. Foreground alpine meadow in yellows and light green with patches of wild flowers. Signed and...
Caption on photograph: To E. L. "Bob" Bartlett, a true Alaska pioneer, sincere best regards, Noel Wien. Verso: July 1924, from left: James Rodebough, owner of the two planes. Eddie Hudson, Fairbanks born son, taking flying lessons & pilot Noel...
Cataloguer's note: A glimpse of life in the sub-arctic -- One of the many creative ways of using man's best friend. This photograph shows how dogs (that look like pets), were used as beasts of burden. The picture looks as if it came from the...
Fire on the 4th of July, 1940 at the Star Bakery in downtown Anchorage. Image shows a fireman using an axe to open up the roof of the wooden building; other firemen on the street haul a firehose toward the fire. A crowd of spectators is visible in...
Folded birch bark basket with spruce root stitching and willow trim. Top rim has woven pattern using black goose grass. The exterior of the basket has four seperate pieces of interior exposed birch bark sewn into the top rim. Willow has been...
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A short history of the Aleutian Islands and the people who live there, and a teacher's guide / written by Dennis Remick ; produced by the Aleutian Region School District.
Group of men using the railroad track and a cart with a dog team to haul supplies north from Seward, Alaska. Railroad ties lay by the side of the tracks. 1912-1915. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/4" x 3 1/4".
Jack Hoare and Charlie White using the stopeing machine to remove ore from around the mine shaft in the Ruff & Tuff gold mine. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Keithahn instructs a group of school children, using stuffed birds, including a bald eagle and an owl; in the background are a totem pole and panels with Native mask designs