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Reindeer Project managers Joe Chase and "Uncle John" communicating with reindeer herders on walkie-talkie.

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Collection Name	AMRC. Ward Wells Collection
Identifier	AMRC-wws-1564-B-37
Title	Reindeer Project managers Joe Chase and "Uncle John" communicating with reindeer herders on walkie-talkie.
Description	U.S. Government Reindeer Project managers Joe Chase (right) and "Uncle John" using walkie-talkie to communicate with herders at Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Alaska. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard and Kosbau and Ward W. Wells, Anchorage, Alaska. Black and white glossy photographs taken and submitted by Ward W. Wells." From photo caption: "During the reindeer herding, the relief herders took with them a walkie-talkie as a means of communicating with the Project headquarters. "Uncle John", the native in charge of the Project and Project Manager Joe Chase try to make contact with the relief herders a few miles out on the range of tundra. The equipment is on loan by the Alaska National Guard in that area in order to test its efficiency." Aug. 25, 1954. Original photograph size: 8" x 8".
Creator	Wells, Ward W.
Subject.TGM	Men Radiophones Communication devices
Subject.LCSH	Reindeer industry Walkie-talkies
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Western Alaska
Personal Name	Kosbau, Howard Chase, Joe Uncle John (Mekoryuk, Alaska)
Location	Mekoryuk (Alaska) Nunivak Island (Alaska)
Region	Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date.original	Aug. 25, 1954
Type	Image (Photographs)
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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Reindeer Project managers Joe Chase and "Uncle John" communicating with reindeer herders on walkie-talkie.

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