Title taken from verso. View of whaling station, Port Armstrong, Alaska, with buildings and docks. Also from verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/4".
View of men cutting up whale at whaling station, Akutan, Alaska. From verso: "Whale. Akutan, Alaska. Whaling station in Aleutian Islands." n.d. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Title from verso of postcard View of large, intact whale carcass on ground, belly up, in front of whaling station building; another whale in lower left corner
Title from caption accompanying photograph Partial caption: "I [David Brower] am buying fur and whaling in the spring at the same time I buy the furs and send them to H. Lubes and Co. in San Francisco."
Caption: "Home coming of a successful whaling season's crew. Each boat that catches a whale, when coming ashore, puts up his own flag to show that he has caught one or more whales for the season. This is my [David Brower's] canoe and crew coming...
Caption: For twenty-four hours previous to launching the first whale boat, all members of the whaling crews fast, dance and sing of former deeds of bravery at sea.
Title from verso. Photograph of a whaling ship that appears to be both a steam vessel and a sailing vessel. Several walruses can be seen in the foreground and a large number of sea birds are flying next to the ship. It appears that a whale is...