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| |  | "Chief" Sam and family. | Tribal chiefs; Costumes; Rifles; Women; Infants; Hats; Family; Indigenous peoples | Title taken from caption on Album.
" 'Chief' Sam and family." See also UAF - 1991-46-676. | UAF-1991-46-815 |
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| |  | "Little Frank" John, Jennie. | Group portraits; Families; Children; Manners & customs; Mittens; Tents; Hats; Indigenous peoples | Title taken from caption on Album.
" 'Little Frank' John, Jennie." | UAF-1991-46-814 |
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| |  | 2nd Mate Isaac Lystad and passengers aboard the North Star. | Ships; Stairways; Men; Sailors; Women; Girls; Boys; Fur garments; Hats; Uniforms; Signs (Notices); Decks (Ships); | View of 2nd Mate Isaac Lystad standing with a group of women and children on board the ship, North Star, in Alaska. In the background another ship's officer can be seen to the left of the photo and to the right stairs leading to the upper deck have a sign that reads: "No admittance." From verso: "2nd Mate Isaac Lystad." Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5". | UAA-hmc-0731-31 |
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| |  | 3 children on walrus. | Walruses; Dead animals; Ropes; Children; Boys; Girls | Title taken from verso. View of three children sitting on walrus carcass in northern Alaska. 1960's? Original photograph size: 10" x 8". | AMRC-b85-27-2501 |
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| |  | 45 pound king salmon | Salmon; Fish; Fish drying; | Title from caption. Photograph of a king salmon weighing 45 lbs., hung from a fish drying rack. Cut fish are drying behind the king. Narrative in the photo album reads:<br>"At the left is a king salmon weighing fourty-five pounds. Some have been taken weighing 75 pounds. These are too large for the [fish]wheels, as their weight stops the [fish]wheel." | UAF-1994-70-102 |
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| | ![[Reindeer] skins drying [1938-1941].](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg13&CISOPTR=264 "[Reindeer] skins drying [1938-1941].") | [Reindeer] skins drying [1938-1941]. | Hides & skins; Reindeer; Men; Women; Subsistence activities | Title taken from caption. Men and women set reindeer skins out to dry on the tundra. The women are wearing kuspuks. Original photograph size: 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 inch. | UAA-hmc-0562-52d |
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| |  | A family portrait. | Family; Children; Infants; Dwellings; Pots & pans; Blankets; Clothing & dress; Indigenous peoples; Caches | Title by cataloguer.
" Sarah, Silas, Peter Onion ". Cataloguer's note: An outdoor portrait of the Onion family. In the background, various household items, such as pots and pans are hanging on a wooden structure, which may be a pole cache. The structure has no roof or walls. Notice too an enclosed cache further in the back on the right hand side. | UAF-1991-46-563 |
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| |  | A general view of Tyonek, 1898. | Villages; Buildings; Log buildings; Wooden buildings; Fish drying; Fish; Dogs; Expeditions & surveys; Discovery & exploration; | View of Tyonek, Alaska, with Cook Inlet visible in the distance. Wooden buildings, tents and caches are lined along the bluff, with fish drying on fences and dogs walking near the stream. Photograph taken by Walter Mendenhall during the 1898 Edwin F. Glenn Cook Inlet U.S. Army Expedition. Cyanotype. | UAA-hmc-0116-series3a-29-2 |
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| |  | A group of eight women standing on the ice at Tanana | Group portraits; Women; Ice; Fur; Fur coats; Fur garments; Hides & skins; Indigenous peoples; | Eight women in fur garments are standing on the ice at the Village of Tanana. Each is dressed in fur and hide clothing, including mittens and footwear. Note the stitching along the edges of the photograph. Pictured left to right are: Charlotte Nicolia, Susy Kennedy, Dora Nic[h]olia, Ena Grant, Madeline Nicolia, Helen Sevenson, Lena Star and Bessie Marks.
Teresa Dick the granddaughter Dora Nicholia has identified a misspelling of her grandmothers name as noted by the square brackets above. Correction made 2 March 2006. | UAF-1975-41-1 |
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| |  | A group of natives by a barabara, 1901, above Seldovia. | Men; Women; Children; Dogs; Wooden buildings; Buildings; Logs | Title taken from verso. Group of Native Alaskans standing near barabara, above Seldovia, Alaska. 1901. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 1/4". | AMRC-b91-9-142 |
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| |  | A group of Tetlin Women and Children | Log cabins; Portrait photographs; Women; Children; Fur coats; Headgear; Indigenous peoples; Clothing & dress; | Two of the women are dressed in warm fur coats, hats, thick socks and foot wear. The woman in the center is wearing a striped blanket coat, scarf and a head band. Two small children are standing in front of the women. All appear to be posing for the photographer and are standing in front of a log home.
Further information was supplied by Roy David of Tok, Alaska during the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, October 2005.
David Sam [child on right];
Mary Henry [on left];
Annie Sam;
Bessie Sam [in striped coat];
Andrew Sam [child on left];
others are unknown. | UAF-1987-0114-44 |
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| |  | A set of five ducks carved at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island. 1938. | Ducks; Figurines; Ivory; Ivory carving; Carving | Title taken from label on matting. View of five duck figures carved out of ivory at Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island displayed in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8310. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/4" x 10". | AMRC-b75-175-535 |
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| |  | A woman gathering walrus intestines | Stomachs; Hides & skins; Walruses; Lifting & carrying; | Title taken from the back of photograph.
" Even walrus intestines are useful. This woman is gathering up some she has scaped, inflated, and dried ". Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD. | UAF-1984-31-44 |
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| | ![Abraham Amosikoff, age 1 year. Keewalik [sic], Alaska.](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg2&CISOPTR=4003 "Abraham Amosikoff, age 1 year. Keewalik [sic], Alaska.") | Abraham Amosikoff, age 1 year. Keewalik [sic], Alaska. | Boys; Children; Fur garments; Fur coats | Title taken from label on matting. One-year-old Abraham Amosikoff dressed in fur parka stands next to wooden structure in Kiwalik, Alaska, with another boy standing in background. Photographer's number 7950. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 9 7/8". | AMRC-b75-175-126 |
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| |  | After the whale hunt the Eskimo skin boats slid onto racks to dry. | Boats; Racks (Supporting devices); Hides & skins; Whales; Sleds & sleighs; Men; People; Buildings; Snowmobiles | Title taken from verso. Group of men placing walrus skin boat (umiak) on rack to dry after hunt at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, with snowmachine pulling sled and another man at left, and buildings in background. April 1969. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". | AMRC-wws-4706-117 |
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| |  | Agnes O'Brien of Hooper Bay and friends displaying native basket work of that village. | Baskets; Handicraft; Women; Children; Boys; Girls; Men | View of Agnes O'Brien and others displaying handmade baskets in Hooper Bay, Alaska. Photo negative number 1450-45. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 4". | AMRC-b85-27-1293 |
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| |  | Aitchukisaaq. | Girls; Buildings; Utility poles; Trucks; Games; Play (Recreation) | Title taken from verso. View of girls playing games using makeshift springboards in Barrow, Alaska, with buildings in background. Also from verso: "Colleen Kignak Alred, Mary Jane Aveoganna, Donna Kain Johnston. P[oin]t Barrow." 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". | AMRC-b85-27-899 |
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| |  | Alaska dog team. | Dogs; Dog teams; Dogsledding; Sleds & sleighs; Harnesses; Teachers; Women; Men; Fur coats; Fur garments; Hides & skins | Title taken from front. Mrs. Arthur Hansin Eide with two teachers and dog team, Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Mrs. Eide with two teachers from ... Wainwright - Pt. Barrow 1922." Photographer's number P-1611. 1922. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5". | AMRC-b70-28-72 |
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| |  | Alaska Eskimos. | Men; Women; Children; Hides & skins; Fur; | Title taken from front. Group photo of Eskimo men, women, and child in front of skin structure, Nome, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: Huey. | AMRC-b01-41-66 |
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| |  | Alaska History Nuggets: Fish wheel | Subsistence activities; Fishing; Fish; Camps; Children; Indigenous peoples; | 61 second film clip, color with audio track narration.
Clip of a fish wheel under construction and in operation. Narration briefly describes the process.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative project between the University of Alaska Statewide, Alaska Public Broadcasting, and the Alaska Film Archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. The series was produced for broadcast on Alaska One; each 60 second program covers a different Alaskan subject.
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| |  | Alaska Native child with fish-drying rack. | Wooden buildings; Log buildings; Dwellings; Pails; Fish drying; Indigenous peoples; | Title from accompanying materials.
This young child is wearing a parka and mukluks while standing by a fish-drying rack. | UAF-2003-174-224 |
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| |  | Alaska, July 6, 1898. | Costumes; Hats; Fur garments; Flags; Pictures; Presidents; Chairs; Mirrors; Stoves; | Title taken from front. Group of men wearing costumes for a performance inside Chief Shakes House, Wrangell, Alaska. American flags and pictures of George Washington hang on the walls. Photographer's number 16. July 6, 1898. Photographer: O.D.G. | AMRC-b01-41-251 |
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| |  | Albert Maggie with beaded coat. | Beads; Fur coats; Rivers; Indigenous peoples; | Photograph of Albert Maggie with a beautiful beaded and furred moose-skin coat-the delight of his heart. | UAF-1985-72-105 |
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| |  | All dressed up to meet the president. | Boys; Women; Flags; Buildings; Log buildings | Title taken from verso. Boy with American flag and woman awaiting President Warren G. Harding's visit to Alaska. Also from verso: "Believed to be President Harding. 1923 scrapbook." Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1923. Original photograph size: 4 3/8" x 2 5/8". | AMRC-b64-1-427 |
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| |  | Amos Lane. | Boats; Whales; Fur coats; Fur garments; Men; Women; | Title taken from verso. Whaling captain Amos Lane, wearing fur parka, stands next to bowhead whale jawbone at Point Hope, Alaska, with group of people and boat in background. Also from verso: "Point Hope whaling captain standing by the jaw bone of a large bowhead whale he had taken. The whale feast time is about June 10th each y[ea]r." 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 10" x 8 1/8". | AMRC-b85-27-1590 |
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| |  | An aged Eskimo, Nome, Alaska. | Men; Fur coats; Fur garments | Title taken from front. Portrait of man in fur parka, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 1015. n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze. | AMRC-b01-41-100 |
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| |  | An aged Eskimo, Nome, Alaska. | Men; Fur coats; Fur garments | Title taken from front. Portrait of man in fur parka, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 1014. n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze. | AMRC-b01-41-101 |
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| |  | An Eskimo camp | Seals (Animals); Dead animals; Sleds & sleighs; Tents; Children; Boys; Girls | 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". | AMRC-b64-1-829 |
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| |  | An Eskimo, Nome, Alaska. | Women; Fur garments | Title taken from front. Portrait of woman with long hair, Nome, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze. | AMRC-b01-41-103 |
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| |  | Anaktuvuk Pass classroom. | School children; Schools; Classrooms; Students; Teachers; Boys; Girls; Men; Fur garments; Desks; Blackboards; Writing; Chairs; Shelving; Books; Bulletin boards; Flags | View of children sitting at desks in classroom while teacher writes on blackboard in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. April 1967. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x 3 5/8". | AMRC-wws-4501-1 |
