Shungnak: Images

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image thumbnail Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh - Charles Quentin Crabaugh with dog Kobuk on school grounds at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1942 02 Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh - Charles Quentin Crabaugh with our dog Kobuk on the school grounds @ Shungnak. The flag pole in the background." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh in front of the general store and post office in Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1948 11 Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh in front of the general store and post office in Shungnak, AK. She was holding up a couple of pelts." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh with a woman on bank of Kobuk River in front of village of Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 03 Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh - Unknown woman on the bank of the Kobuk River in front of village of Shungnak, AK. This was taken at the south end of the village." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Needle, Snowshoe Made of bone; tapered at both ends with an eye in the middle; used for making snowshoe webbing. Around the eye there are grooves on either end, on both sides of the piece, which extend out 1cm on either side of the eye in the same direction as the eye of the needle. Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed as Shungnak, but it is unclear if this was the place of collection, or if this is only place of origin and use. MES Ethnology;
image thumbnail New jade at Shungnak - Kobuk Riv[er], Cleveland. Title from sleeve. Man identified as George Cleveland Sr. Photographer's number: 13053. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Nora Black in front of her sod house at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 04 Nora Black in front of her sod house @ Shungnak, AK. This house was at the south end of the village and the only one of its kind. I think she was the oldest female in the village." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Nora Black in her sod home at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 04 Nora Black in her sod home Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Off they go. Title from verso. "[This Wien bush plane takes off from a sand bar on the Kobuk river with a load of Eskimo students headed for high schools and colleges. The village of Shungnak is too small to support a high school. Shungnak, Alaska]. Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley." The tail of the airplane reads "Wien", and the side may read "Wien Alaska Airlines". Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Old Civil Aeronautics Administration Station in Koochak. Title from accompanying note.<br><br>Full note reads: "The location was an area between Kobuk and Shungnak called Koochak - Old CAA station, Civil Aeronautics Administration. The white building is possibly where Richard and Florence Collins lived or the white building was a store. Edna Commack in Shungnak may now own the area." Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Quentin Crabaugh in front of green house at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 06 Quentin Crabaugh in front of the green house at the Shungnak, AK. School." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Reindeer herd from a distance. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Reindeer herd from a distance. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Reindeer in corral. Title from photo label.Full label reads: "Reindeer in the corral 1 mile from school at the annual round-up. It was very dark the day the picture was made." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail School children by playground structure. Title by indexer.Comments from village presentations: "Pictured here are Eleanor (Cleveland) Marina, Colonel Riley, Catherine Cleveland, Vera Cleveland, Robert Cleveland, Margaret (Lee) Sheldon, Sarah Tickett, Larry Custer Sr." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail School House at Shungnak. Title from sleeve. Multi-story white school building, with brick chimney. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Scoop, Model Wooden model of fish scoop. The basket of the scoop is made from a thin piece of bent wood with cotton twine webbing woven in a diamond pattern. The handle is a long thin piece of wood attaced to the basket with cotton twine. See remarks field. Measures 2.5 x 5.7 x 25.9 cm.Note from donor included with object: "Seine for lifting fish from water into boat - made by a 4-Her - Shungnak area" Ethnology;
image thumbnail Shungnak from the river with school house on hill. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 06 Shungnak, AK from the river with school house on hill." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Shungnak generator. Title from photo caption.<br><br>Full note reads: "Shungnak generator SKVA gas." Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Shungnak school. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 05 Shungnak, AK. School. This was taken on the north side of the building." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Shungnak Village. Title from sleeve. Phyllis McCutcheon stands in front of a log cabin in Shungnak next to a metal barrel. Cabin identified as the Jade Shop. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Shungnak. Title from sleeve. View of the buildings of Shungnak, seen from the Kobuk River. Houses from left to right identified as Ola Gray, Albert and Edna Commack, Irene and Johnny Douglas, Herman Tickett, Carl Tickett, Robert Cleveland and Evans Commack. Photographer's number: 13357. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Shungnak. Title from sleeve. View of the buildings of Shungnak, seen from the Kobuk River. Small boats are tied up along the shore. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Singing Inupiaq hymns in church. Title from accompanying note.<br><br>Full note reads: "Singing Inupiaq hymns in church. L-R: Irene Douglas, Annie Lee, Bertha Jack "Napik"(?), Alegaq Gray, Susie (?) Lee, Susie Commack, Flora Cleveland, Laura Sun."<br><br>See UAF-2003-24-232, UAF-2003-24-244, UAF-2003-24-246. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Smudge Pot Made from a 5 gallon gas can; two tin cans with ends perforated are soldered on either side of the can; door made of piece of tin wired on; wire swing handle; wood chips are burned inside to keep off mosquitoes. (Smudging means to allow something to be coated in smoke.) Measurements: 35 H x 39.3 W x 23 D cm (14 x 15.5 x 9"). Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed as Shungnak, but it is unclear if this was the place of collection, or if this is only place of origin and use. MES Ethnology;
image thumbnail Snow-covered house. Title by indexer. A building after a heavy snow fall. The sign next to the door reads "Kobuk Post Office". To the right of the stairs, a spade sticks from the snow; to the left, a snowshoe. A box (or rectangular can) labeled "Blazo" sits on the porch, and barrels can be seen at the far left and right. Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: This is Harry Brown’s store and PO in Kobuk. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;

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