Wood frame of birch with three crossbars. Upper and lower sections weaved with babiche and middle section is weaved with moosehide line. On (B) there is also some heavy cotton twine used in middle section. For the boot lashings, (A) has wide...
Wilma Knox walks down a street in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. From caption: "Bob caught me from behind as I strolled down past what must have been some kind of recreation hall. We looked in the window and there were seats inside and a large...
Wilma Knox looks at a few playing cards and an empty cigar box left on a table in the recreation hall in the abandoned copper mining town of Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "In the huge recreation hall where the miners went to play cards in the...
Weyiouanna, Dick (photographer). Video, 2:03 minutes MPG format. In January of 2002, Dick Weyiouanna 19s Inupiat language class explored a Barrow ice cellar, a pit dug into the tundra and owned by whaling captain, Bill Aishanna. Whales give...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
View of west end of Park Strip at 9th Avenue and M Street, with 9th Avenue at left, Anchorage, Alaska, showing damage from March 27, 1964 earthquake. Debris is where Four Seasons Apartments were located before earthquake. From verso: "Property of...
View of tourist on giant block of ice at Arctic Ocean, Point Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Giant ice cakes are thrust up in pressure ridges on the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow. This photo shows a tourist by one of them. Many visitors this winter...
View of the 1935 fire in Seward, Alaska. The fire has leveled one building and another one is on fire. A firehose extends from a fire hydrant across the street to where fire fighters are fighting the fire, as spectators look on. Another person...
View of group of men sitting on log at road camp where Almer J. Peterson stayed in Palmer, Alaska, with tents and building in background. From verso: "May, Palmer, Alaska (193-). Road camp where I staid [sic] for 8 days." From caption: "Road camp...
View of blanket toss and spectators on City Hall grounds, 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, during Fur Rendezvous celebrations. From verso: "Anchorage, 1940. This is where they were throwing them up in the skin blanket. Property of the Cook Inlet...
View of band concert, Fort Liscum Band, Valdez, Alaska, with spectators, buildings, and church in background. From verso: "Valdez, Ft. Liscum Band, 1910 or 1911. Log cabin where Valdez Cameron Henry was born. Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
View of a helicopter near the Matanuska River Valley, north of Anchorage, Alaska, after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Helicopter positions a pole on the hillside, where two men are seen. Matanuska Valley in background. The word Army is seen on the...