Our Arctic Province Alaska And The Seal Islands 1886

Bedroom Annex of a Kenaitze Rancherie Subject: Fishing villages--Alaska, Athapascan Indians--Social life and customs Tag: Polar

Salmon Weirs of the Kenaitze Method employed by Indians of Cook's Inlet to catch salmon Subject: Fish traps, Tradiditional fishing--Alaska Tag: Traditional Fisheries

Big Mahklok Subject: Seals (Animals) Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Kashga Subject: City halls, Fishing villages--Alaska Tag: Polar

Section showing Subterranean Entrance and Interior of a Kashga Subject: City halls, Fishing villages--Alaska Tag: Polar

Sitka Sound : Viewed from the Castle, looking South. June 9, 1874 Subject: Sitka Sound (Alaska), Fishing boats Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Sitka Sound Tag: Coasts

[Native Fishing Boat] Subject: Indians of North America--Fishing, Fishing boats Tag: Traditional Fisheries, Vessels

Hydrodamalis gigas English: Rhytina, or Sea-Cow (Extinct) : The flesh of this animal constituted the chief food supply of Bering's shipwrecked crew. 1741-42 Subject: Sirenia, Rhytina Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Lodges in a Vast Wilderness Subject: Indians of North America--Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic--Alaska Tag: Coasts

Kootznahoo Inlet Characteristic view of scenery in the Sitkan Archipelago. The high lands and peaks of Admiralty Island in the distance; Indians fishing for halibut over rocky shoals in the foreground. An octo More

Castle of Baranov : 1809-1827. (Wholly remodeled and rebuilt by his successors) Subject: Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819--Homes and Haunts, Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, Structures, Etc., Sitka (Alaska)- More

Glimpse of Sitka : View in Sitka Sound, looking up towards the town; Mt. Verstova, in the middle distance, and the ragged granitic peaks of Indian River on the horizon. Sitkan Indians running down to Borka Isl More

Sitkan chimes Subject: Church buildings--Alaska--Sitka, Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc., St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Dioc More

Old Indian Chapel at Sitka (Greek Catholic Church, June 9, 1874) Subject: Church buildings--Alaska--Sitka, Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite Geographic Subject: Untie More

Haidah Rahcherie Subject: Fishing villages--Alaska, Haida Indians--Social life and customs Tag: Traditional Fisheries

Section Showing Arrangement of Interior of a Rancherie Subject: Fishing villages--Alaska, Haida Indians--Social life and customs Tag: Traditional Fisheries

Indians Raking Oolochans and Herring--Stickeen River Subject: Indians of North America--Fishing, Traditional fishing, Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska) Tag: Traditional Fisheries

Stickeen Squaw: Boiling Berries and Oil, Toasting Herrings, etc . Subject: Cookery--Alaska, Indians of North America--Social life and customs Tag: People

Mt. Wrangel: 20,000 Feet In the Forks of Copper River; it is the loftiest Mountain [sic] on the North American Continent Subject: Wrangel, Mount (Alaska), Copper River (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United Stat More

Valdes Glacier View at the head of Valdes Inlet, Prince William's Sound; typical study of hundreds of such gelid rivers which discharge into the waters of this gloomy sound. A September sketch, made at low-tid More

Volcano of Ilyamna: 12,000 Feet The most prominent Fire Mountain of that Chain forming the North Shore of Cook's Inlet Subject: Volcanoes--Alaska, Ilyamna, Mount (Alaska), Cook Inlet (Alaska) Geographic Subje More

Kenaitze Chief: Cook's Inlet Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska, Indians--Kings and rulers Tag: People

Bear 'Roads' over the Moors of Oonimak Islands Subject: Trails--Alaska, Oonimak Islands (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Oonimak Islands Tag: Polar

Walrus-hunting Village of Oogashik Subject: Walrus hunting--Alaska, Oogashik (Alaska), Fishing villages--Alaska Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Oogashik Tag: Traditional Fisheries

Belcovsky Village of Aleutian Sea-otter Hunters, on the South Shore of the Alaskan Peninsula. Viewed from the Schooner's Anchorage Subject: Fishing villages--Alaska, Belcovsky (Alaska) Geographic Subject: Uni More

Kehlan, or Sea-otter Subject: Sea otter Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Barrabkle The characteristic dwelling of Aleutes and Kadiakers Subject: Architecture, domestic--Alaska, Aleuts--Homes and haunts, Koniagmiut Eskimos--Homes and Haunts Tag: Polar

Surround A fleet of Sea-otter Hunters in the North Pacific, South of Saanak Island; marking the Wake of an Otter at the Moment of its Diving Subject: Sea otter hunting--Alkaska, Hunters--Alaska Tag: Polar, Tr More

Aleutes Clubbing Sea Otters During a furious gale on the Chernaboor Rocks Subject: Sea otter hunting--Alaska, Aleuts--Alaska Tag: Polar, Aquatic Mammals

Aleutes Whaling Natives of Akoon and Akootan killing Humpback Whales Subject: Whaling--Alaska, Indians of North America--Hunting--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals, Traditional Fisheries

Illoolook, or Oonalashka View of the Village looking West from the Cemetery Subject: Fishing villages--Alaska, Oonalashka (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Oonalashka Tag: Polar

Volcano of Makooshin : 5,475 Feet Viewed from the Bering Sea; bearing S.E. by S., 26 miles distant. Sept. 26, 1876 Subject: Volcanoes--Alaska, Makooshin (Volcano, Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Al More

Oonalashkan Natives Cod-Fishing An Aleutian Fisherman and Bidarka hooking 'Treesca' in Oolachta Harbor, Oonalashka Island Subject: Cod fisheries--Alaska, Traditional fishing, Oonalashka Island (Alaska), Kayak More

Village ahd Harbor of Attoo This Settlement is the extreme Western Town of North America; it is three thousand miles West of San Francisco Subject: Fishing villages--Alaska, Attoo (Alaska) Geographic Subject: More

Aleutian Mummy Unrolled from its cerements Subject: Mummies--Alaska--Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--Antiquities, Ethnology--Alaska--Aleutian Islands Tag: People, Antiquities

North Shore of Saint George View of the Coast looking East from the North Rookery over to the Village and the Landing Subject: Saint George (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Saint George Tag: Coasts

Netting Choochkies A Native catching little Auks (Simorhymeus Pusillus), St. Paul's Island Subject: Auks, Hunting--Alaska, Traditional fishing--Alaska Tag: Polar

Aleutes catching Halibutr, Akootan Pass, Bering Sea Subject: Halibut fisheries, Traditional fishing--Alaska Tag: Traditional Fisheries

Map of St. Paul Island--Pribylov Group. Showing the Area and Position of the Fur Seal Rookeries and Hauling Grounds. Surveyed and drawn (1973-74) by Henry W. Elliott Subject: Alaska--Maps, Saint Paul Island (A More

Bobrovia, or Otter Island six miles south of St. Paul Island The North Shore and landing, viewed from St. Paul Subject: Bobrovia (Alaska), Islands--Alaska Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Bobrovia Tag: Coasts

Map of St. George Island--Pribylov Group Showing the Area and Position of the Fur Seal Rookeries and Hauling Grounds. Surveyed and drawn (1873-74) by Henry W. Elliott Subject: Alaska--Maps, Saint George (Alas More

Group of Fur Seals Young Females 2 years, Old Male 18 years, Young Male 6 years, Mother Seal and Pup Nursing, Old Male 'Roaring', Young Males 2 years` Subject: Southern fur seals Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Old John A Life Study of an aged Fur Seal-Bull or 'Seecatch.--Gorbotch Rookery, July 2, 1872 Subject: Southern fur seals Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Old Bulls Fighting Fur Seals in Deadly Combat; a Thousand such Conflicts are in simultaneous Action during every Minute of the Breeding Season in the Pribylov Islands Subject: Southern fur seals Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Fur-seals Scratching Themselves Off the Black Bluffs, St. Paul's Island Subject: Southern fur seals, Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Saint Paul Island Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Sundry Seal Sketches from the Author's Portfolio On St. Paul's Island, 1872-'76 Subject: Seals (Animals) Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Arrival of the Fur Seal Millions Holluschickie hauling on Lukannon Sands; Myriads come out from the Sea in a single cool foggy night by this manner of progression Subject: Southern fur seals Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Fur-Seals rising to breathe and look around Characteristic pelagic attitude of the 'holluschickie' Subject: Southern fur seals Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Survey Showing the Immense Breeding Area of Novastoshnah The shaded belt is that ground wholly covered by Fur-Seal Rookeries Subject: Southern fur seals--Maps, Alaska--Maps, Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Geograp More

Survey Showing the Close Contact of Village, Slaughter-Field and Breeding Grounds Subject: Southern fur seals--Maps, Alaska--Maps, Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Saint Pa More

Natives Gathering a 'Drive' Aleutes selecting Holluschickie for the day's killing at English Bay, St. Paul's Island Subject: Southern fur seals, Saint Paul Island (Alaska), Sealing--Alaska, Aleuts--Hunting Ge More

Natives Driving 'Holluschickie' The Drove passing over the Lagoon Flats to the Killing Grounds under the Village of St. Paul. Looking S. W., over the Village Cove and the Lagoon Rookery Subject: Southern fur More

Peter Peeshenkov : Pribylov Sealer Attired in the costume of the killing gang, when at work in wet weatehr Subject: Peeshenkov, Peter, Sealers (Persons)--Alaska, Hunters--Alaska Tag: People

Killing Gang at Work Drove in Waiting Method of slaughtering Fur Seals on the Grounds near the Village of St. Paul. Sealers Knicking Down a 'Pod' Natives skinning Subject: Sealing--Alaska, Sealers--Alaska, So More

Carcass [of fur seal] after Skinning--The Skin ad taken therefrom Subject: Southern fur seal, Seals (Animals), Hides and skins Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Interior of Salt House, Village of St. Paul Showing the method of receiving, selecting, kenching and salting 'green' fur-seal skins Subject: Southern fur seal, Hides and skins industry Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Group of Sea-Lions Young -- Adult Male and Female -- Old Bull Roaring Eumetopias stelleri; a life study made at St. Paul's Island. July 16, 1872 Subject: Sea lions--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Sea-Lion Rookery, at Tolstoi A view of the great Sea-lion breeding ground under the high bluffs of St. George's Island, between Garden Cove and Tolstoi Mees. July, 1873 Subject: Sea lions--Alaska, Saint Georg More

Aleutes Capturing Sea-Lions Natives creeping up between a herd if dizubg Sea-lions and the water, at low tide during a moonlight night, at Garden Cove, St. George's Island; getting into position for 'springing More

Sea-Lion Pen Method of corralling Sea-lions at Novastoshnah, St. Paul's Island, while the Natives are getting a drove together for driving to the Village Subject: Sea lions--Alaska, Saint Paul Island (Alaska) More

Sea-Lion Caravan Natives driving a drove over the plain of Polavina, en route from Northeast Point to Saint Paul Subject: Sea lions--Alaska, Hunters--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Springing the Alarm Natives surprising a Herd of Sea-lions at Tolstoi, St. George's Island Subject: Sea lions--Alaska, Hunters--Alaska, Sealing--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Nooshagak, or Alexandrovsk Old Russian Central Trading Post for the Innuits of the Bristol Bay Region--founded by Kolmakov, in 1834 Subject: Alexandrovsk (Alaska), English Bay (Alaska), Fishing villages--Alas More

Innuit woman Subject: Eskimos--Women, Eskimos--Alaska Tag: People

Chami An Innuit Girl, about 14 years old Subject: Children--Alkaska, Eskimo children Tag: People

After Dinner--Good Digestion Favorite position of Innuits Subject: Children--Alkaska, Eskimo children Tag: People

Innuit Home on the Kuskokvim Subject: Inuit--Homes and haunts--Alaska, Indians of North America--Homes and haunts--Alaska Tag: Polar

Tatlah: an Innuit Dog Subject: Dogs--Alaska Tag: Wildlife Public domain photograph - drawing of dog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jest of an Innuit Mother 'Yes--me sell!--plenty tabak.' Subject: Mother and child--Alaska, Inuit children Tag: People

Son of Ahgaan An Innuit boy, 6 or 7 years old Subject: Children--Alaska, Inuit children Tag: People

Saddle-Back, or Harlequin Hair Seal Female -- [Histriophoca equestris] -- Male Subject: Seals (Animals) Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Kuskokvim River and Tuntuh Mountains Viewed from Toolookah, 30 miles below Kolmakovsky, a famous Moose and Reindeer Hunting Grounds for the Innuits of that Region Subject: Kuskokwim River (Alaska), Tuntuh Mou More

Brule Desolation; Alaska Interior [A view on the Stickeen Divide; bears, in search of larvae, ripping open decayed logs] Subject: Stickine River (B.C. and Alaska), Bears--Alaska Geographic Subject: United Sta More

Innuit Tomb Characteristic Method of Eskimo Burial on the Kuskokvim River; this Coffin contains the Bodies of a famous Reindeer Hunter, his squaw, and two Children Subject: Indians of North America--Tombs, In More

Trader's Steamer towing Beateux laden with Goods up the Yukon [The Kvichpak just below Mercier's Station] Subject: Steamboats, Inland water transportation--Alaska, Shipping--Yukon River Geographic Subject: Un More

Michaelovsky [Extreme northern settlement of white Americans] Subject: Saint Michael (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Saint Michael Tag: Polar

Ookivak Subject: Ukivok (Alaska), Islands--Alaska Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Ukivok Tag: Coasts

Cape Prince of Wales That extreme narrowing of the American shore of Bering Straits; the Asiatic coast is only thirty-six miles to the Westward from this Point, which was located and named by Captain Cook, Aug More

Diomedes Fairway Rock -- Ignalook (America) -- Noonabook (Asia Viewed from the Arctic Ocean; looking S.S.W. 7 m. Subject: Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia), Islands--Alaska, Islands--Russia Geographic Subje More

Innuit Whaling-camp at Icy Cape Subject: Whalers--Alaska, Icy Cape (Alaska), Inuit--Homes and haunts Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Icy Cape Tag: Aquatic Mammals, Polar

Ringed Seal (Phoca foetida) [The common Hair-Seal of the Arctic Ocean] Subject: Seals (Animals), Ringed seal Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Village and Islet of Poonook Mahlemoot Winter Houses on the Poonook Islets, 6 miles East of St. Lawrence Subject: Poonook (Alaska), Fishing villages--Alaska Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Poonook More

Walrus-hunter [A St. Lawrence Mahlemout--in winter parka with the hood removed. August 16, 1874] Subject: Walrus hunting--Alaska, Walrus hunters--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals, People

Section showing construction of Mahlemoot Winter Houses at Poonook Subject: Poonook (Alaska), Fishing villages--Alaska, Indians of North America--Homes and haunts Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Poo More

Old Walrus, or 'Morse' A Life Study, made by the Author, of an aged Male on Walrus Islet. July 5, 1872 Subject: Walrus--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Newack's Brother, with a Sealskin full of walrus-oil [Mahlemoot boy--fourteen or fifteen years of age] Subject: Indian children of North America Tag: People

Newack and Oogack [St. Lawrence Mahlemouts; pen portraits made at Poogovellyak, August, 1874] Subject: Indians of North America Tag: People

Death-stroke [Mahlemouts Morse-hunting in the summer] Subject: Walrus hunting--Alaska, Indians of North America--Boats Tag: Vessels

Pinnacle Islet An Active Volcanie Nodule near St. Matthew's Island : (bearing W.N.W.am. Subject: Islands--Alaska, Volcanoes--Alaska, Pinnacle Islet (Alaska) Geographic Subject: United States--Alaska--Pinnacle More

Mahlemouts Landing a Walrus [An Innuit 'double purchase.' St. Lawrence Island.] Subject: Walrus hunting--Alaska Tag: Aquatic Mammals

Grand Glacier: Icy Bay . View looking across a profile of its sea-wall face, two and a half miles; ice cliffs from one hundred and fifty to three hundred feet high above the water; depth of sea from sixty to e More

Mt. Saint Elias: 19,500 Feet Under the shadow of this great mountain, Bering's crew landed in July, 1741; they were the first white men to behold its sullen grandeur, and it fitly stands as the initial point o More

Creoles and Aleutes : Pencil Portraits of typical Alaskan faces, selected from the Author's portfolio 1. Luka Mandriggan, an Aleute, 49 years of age 9. Philip Vollkov, a Creole, 50 yers of age 8. Matroona Voli More

Glimpse of Shishaldin The Volcano of Shishaldin, 8,500 feet. The Volcano of Pogromnia Sopka, 5,500 feet The beautiful peak of Shishaldin as seen from the entrance to Oonimak Pass, in Bering Sea. A summer pictu More

St. George's Island, Pribylov Group Viewed from a point at sea about 7 miles E.N.E., off Tolstoi Mees; these characteristic swarms of waterfowl, arries and choochkies, stirred up by an approach of the steamer, More

Kolmakovsky, on the Kuskokvim Old Russian trading-post, established in 1839, two hundred miles up the River; these houses were once surrounded with a sotckade, but such a defence has long been needless. This v More

View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "Our Arctic Province. Alaska and the Seal Islands ... Illustrated by ... drawings ... and maps" Author: ELLIOTT, Henry Wood. Shelfmark: "B More

View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "Our Arctic Province. Alaska and the Seal Islands ... Illustrated by ... drawings ... and maps" Author: ELLIOTT, Henry Wood. Shelfmark: "B More

View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "Our Arctic Province. Alaska and the Seal Islands ... Illustrated by ... drawings ... and maps" Author: ELLIOTT, Henry Wood. Shelfmark: "B More

View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "Our Arctic Province. Alaska and the Seal Islands ... Illustrated by ... drawings ... and maps" Author: ELLIOTT, Henry Wood. Shelfmark: "B More