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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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