Shungnak: Images

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image thumbnail Williams, H. O. (Red) interview (03/07/1985) 09 of 17 (5:27 min) (09 of 27)Flying for fur buyers Leo Kay member of the Koslosky family. Fairbanks, Ruby, Hughes, Kobuk, Shungnak, Kiana, Kotzebue then Nome. Maime Wig's Roadhouse ran into Jim McGoffin, & (Muskrat) Johnnie Schwagler. Took off early to make sure and get the furs. Doiminic Vernetti, had an attractive wife. Furbuyer kept flirting, Did same thing in Shungnak with the teachers wife. Red Williams was worried that their hosts would kick them out into the cold. Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail Two young girls in their home at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 11 Two young girls in their home @ Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Two men and dog herding reindeer. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Summer camp on Kobuk River at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 Summer camp on the Kobuk River @ Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Summer camp on Kobuk River at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 Summer camp on the Kobuk River @ Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Summer at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 06 Summer @ Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Students leaving for school. Title from verso. "[Dressed in their mail order catalogue finery, these self confident Eskimo teenagers board a Wien Air bush plane to head south to attend high school.]"Students leaving for school from a sand bar airport of the Kobuk river. Shungnak village in background." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: George Cleveland Sr., Lena Commack Coffee, Angeline Douglas, Genevieve Douglas Norris, Wynita Woods Lee, Virginia Douglas Commack and Harold Barry. This photo was taken on the sandbar near Shungnak. They would then fly to Dahl Creek near Kobuk where there was a bigger airstrip. They were going to Chemawa, Oregon for boarding school. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Students at Shungnak leaving for school. Title from verso. "[The little Eskimo girl in the left foreground watches the big girls board a Polatis porter bush plane at Kobuk.] Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: little girl?, George Cleveland Sr., Lena Commack Coffee, Wynita Woods Lee, Virginia Douglas Commack, Genevieve Douglas Norris. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Spring 1944 - Shungnak, reindeer calving time. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
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;
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 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 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 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 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 generator. Title from photo caption.<br><br>Full note reads: "Shungnak generator SKVA gas." Richard and Florence Collins Papers
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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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