Title by cataloguer. The Seal is seen lying down on a patch of grass with a raised head, and looking straight ahead. His thick black fur glisens in the distance.
The Northern fur seal can spend up to 22 months in the sea, and ocean....
Title from photo album. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg in a birch-bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads: "These canoes weigh but fifty to sixty pounds and are from fifteen to eighteen feet long and about eighteen inches to two feet...
Title taken from caption. "9208 -- (26) The White men who made packing a business on the Dyea trail in 1898 carried from 75 to 150 pounds at a time, while the Indian packers carried from 100 to 250 pounds each. At short intervals on the left of...
Title by cataloguer. A large bear is seen while eating fish. The brown bear also known as the grizzly usually has dark brown hair, varying from light creamy to black. Their distinguishing feature is distinctive hump on the ir shoulders, a...
Title by cataloguer. A group of seals are seen at the bottom of a cliff near the water. Cataloguer's note: There are 18 seal species in the world. The largest seal, the elephant seal can weigh as much as 5,000 pounds, and the smallest weighs as...
Title by cataloguer. The brown bear also known as the grizzly usually has dark brown hair, varying from light creamy to black. Their distinguishing feature is the hump on their shoulders, a slight "dished" profile to the face and long claws on...
Photo caption reads "Gus Owen and Roy Lynch weighing a sponge to be sent to Anchorage. About $14,000." View of two men working the scales used to weigh the gold removed from the Independence Mine, Alaska. 1939.
Title taken from caption. View of a scale used to weigh cattle set up in front of a barn. The print on the scale reads "Howe Pacific Scale & Supply Co. Portland Ore." Caption also says:"The farm scale finds its place in Alaskan agriculture. Part of...
Mageik, one of Father Bernard Hubbard's dogs, on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. From May's journal, dated May 23rd: "There are two of Father Hubbard's dogs on board, Magiek and Wolf, they weigh 100 and...
Title taken from label on matting. Women inspecting cans of fish at Annette Island Canning Company in Metlakatla, Alaska. From verso: "Left - Mary Eleanor Hudson Haldane. Across from Mary Eleanor - Annie Ridley Perez, Matilda Booth (with white...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 36 seconds MPG format. The northern fur seal is an eared seal similar to the sea lion. They have a thick waterproof underfur with over 350,000 hairs per square inch. Their fur appears gray or brown when dry, and...