Collection Name	AMRC. John Urban Collection
Identifier	AMRC-b64-1-829
Title	An Eskimo camp
Description	Title taken from front. View of inflated seal carcasses for use as floats on sled in front of tent at camp in Northern Alaska, with children in background at right. "Seal floats" were used to keep whales afloat after they were shot during hunts. From verso: "A.B. Martin Copr. [sic] Anchorage." 1920's. Photographer: A.B. Martin. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3" x 5 1/8".
Creator	Martin, A. B.
Subject.TGM	Seals (Animals) Dead animals Sleds & sleighs Tents Children Boys Girls
Subject.LCSH	Vernacular architecture
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Northern Alaska--Inupiaq Ethnotechnology
Region	Northern Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Date.original	1920-1929
Type	Image (Photographs) Image (Photographic postcards)
Ordering & Use	https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/collections/rights-and-reproduction/
Holding Institution	Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. 625 C Street Anchorage, AK 99501 mailto:resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org
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An Eskimo camp

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