Collection Name	AMRC. Ward Wells Collection
Identifier	AMRC-wws-1564-C-13
Title	Frozen reindeer being loaded onto a wagon for transporting to airplane.
Description	Men loading frozen reindeer carcasses on wagon for transporting to floatplane at U.S. Government Reindeer Project complex, Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Alaska, with others looking on and conveyor belts running over head. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard Kosbau and Ward W. Wells, Anchorage, Alaska. Black and white glossy photographs taken and submitted by Ward W. Wells." From photo caption: "A view of the frozen reindeer halves being loaded onto a wagon for shipment to Bethel on a waiting bush plane. An average of 1500 pounds of frozen reindeer is shipped per plane load. Most of [the] reindeer meat sold in this part of Alaska is for commercial use; i.e. to general stores and roadhouses in the Kuskokwim area. A modern system of conveyors makes the handling of reindeer halves an easy task." Aug. 25, 1954. Original photograph size: 8" x 8".
Creator	Wells, Ward W.
Subject.TGM	Reindeer Deer Dead animals Meat Carts & wagons Buildings Conveying systems Men Boys People Signs (Notices)
Subject.LCSH	Reindeer industry
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Western Alaska
Personal Name	Kosbau, Howard
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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Frozen reindeer being loaded onto a wagon for transporting to airplane.

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