Identifier	UAA-hmc-0186-volume1-3552
Collection Name	National Geographic Society Katmai expeditions photographs, 1913-1919. UAA-HMC-0186
Title	Native boys at Kodiak engaged in Fourth of July string chewing contest.
Description	Title taken from caption. View of three boys about to start a round of string chewing. Each player is given a string and instructed to hold the end of the string in his teeth with the string hanging down in front of him. At the signal, he must "eat" the string in order to bring the end of the string up to his mouth. No hands allowed! First one to do so wins! Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1915.
Creator	Griggs, Robert F. (Robert Fiske), b. 1881
Required citation	National Geographic Society Katmai expeditions photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Subject.TGM	Boys Games Hats Fourth of July celebrations Holidays Contests Expedition photographs Expeditions & surveys
Subject.LCSH	String
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Western Alaska Alaska Natives--Aleutian Islands
Corporate Name	National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Location	Kodiak (Alaska)
Region	Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Date.original	1915
Type	Image (Photographs) Image (Group portraits)
Related Materials	https://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/assets/hmc-0186.pdf
Ordering & Use	https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/online-materials/
Holding Institution	University of Alaska Anchorage. Consortium Library. Archives & Special Collections. 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508, 1-907-786-1849. mailto:uaa_archives@alaska.edu
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Native boys at Kodiak engaged in Fourth of July string chewing contest.

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