Eskimo men and boys, western Alaska, between 1881 and 1891 (AL+CA 837)

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Eskimo men and boys, western Alaska, between 1881 and 1891 (AL+CA 837)

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Images documenting a trip undertaken in 1884 by the Reverends J. Adolphus Hartmann and William H. Weinland and commissioned by the Moravian Church in America to determine a location for a mission in Western Alaska. The mission site they chose, called Bethel, was on the Kuskokwim River.
Caption on mount: 14. Group of Esquimaux Men and Boys. Views in Alaska. Photographed by Hartmann and Weinland.

PH Coll 319.3
Subjects (LCTGM): Eskimos--Clothing & dress--Alaska; ; Alaska Natives--Clothing & dress; ; Boys--Alaska; ; Fur garments; Leather garments; Group portraits
Subjects (LCSH): Parkas--Alaska;; Eskimo leatherwork--Alaska

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