Collection Name	AMRC. Ward Wells Collection
Identifier	AMRC-wws-1564-C-45
Title	Joe and Fred Chase display frozen reindeer entrails in freezing room.
Description	U.S. Government Reindeer Project manager Joe Chase and Project engineer Fred Chase holding frozen reindeer entrails in cold storage room at Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Alaska. 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: "Inside the freezing room on the Reindeer Project the temperature is kept below zero. Here on the left Joe Chase, Project Manager and his father, Fred Chase, the Project Engineer, display frozen reindeer heart, liver and tongue. After freezing these choice parts of the reindeer are stored in burlap bags ready for shipment." Aug. 25, 1954. Original photograph size: 8" x 8".
Creator	Wells, Ward W.
Subject.TGM	Reindeer Deer Meat Cold storage Men Crates Bags
Subject.LCSH	Reindeer industry Burlap
Personal Name	Kosbau, Howard Chase, Joe Chase, Fred
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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Joe and Fred Chase display frozen reindeer entrails in freezing room.

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