Allakaket & Alatna: Images

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Thumbnail Object Title Description Collection
image thumbnail Bergman, Johnson, and Cora Moses Maguire. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Bergman, Johnson, and Cora Moses Maguire. Taken at Alatna in April 1952 just before Virginia Moses was born. At that time the family had moved into a tent after spending the winter in Oscar Nictune's house. Photo by Bertha Moses. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Bertha Moses at her desk in the Allakaket Clinic. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Bertha Moses at her desk in the Allakaket Clinic where she served for many years as village health aide. Taken in the early 1980s. Photographer unknown. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Bertha Moses holding Kathleen Moses. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Elma Sam, Clara Sam, Virginia Moses Ned, and Bertha Moses holding Kathleen Moses. Taken in Allakaket in April of 1954 probably by Johnson Moses. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Bessie Edwards, David Tobuk, and Cora Nictune. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Bessie Edwards, David Tobuk, and Cora Nictune, all brothers and sisters. Taken in Alatna. Oscar Nictune's house is probably in the background. Taken probably in the late 1920's by an unknown photographer. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Big Ice on the Allenkaket River, Alaska Title taken from caption. "11561 -- (7) Here are a couple of prospectors playing hide-and-seek in the midst of massive blocks of ice which have been left upon the banks of the Allenkaket River by the receding waters. The blocks exceed in thickness the height of the men, and constitute an impressive suggestion of the extreme and continued cold necessary for their production. Next are prospectors who would reach the North Pole, and bring it home - if it were made of gold." Stereographic Library Collection, ca. 1800-1910;
image thumbnail Big Susie holding Johnson's sister Celia. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Big Susie holding Johnson's sister Celia, who died when she was quite small. Taken in Allakaket before 1915 probably by one of the missionaries. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Billy and Ceza Bergman. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Billy and Ceza Bergman. Taken in Allakaket in the early 1950's (Billy Bergman died in 1955) by an unknown photographer. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Birch Bark Basket Small birch bark container; good condition; rim rod; lashed and sewn with roots; 6" x 8". Ethnology;
image thumbnail Birthday party for Stella. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. The Nictune sisters in order from oldest to the youngest: Elma Sam, Anne Edwards, Bertha Moses, Kitty David, Betty Fleagle, and Stella Hamilton. Taken at the same time and place as Photo 16 by the same person. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Birthday party for Stella. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. The Nictune sisters: Stella Hamilton, Betty Fleagle, Anne Edwards, Bertha Moses, Kitty David, and Elma Sam. Two children are Harding and Clara Sam with David David standing in the background. Taken June 30, 1956 at a birthday party for Stella at Wilfred Evans' house in Allakaket by Jean Stevens on Bertha Moses' camera. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Bishop Rowe with Delatuck and Maggie Bishop Rowe photographed with Delatuck, an Kobuk Eskimo, and Maggie, an Athabascan Indian (Koyukuk). Walter and Lillian Phillips Photograph Collection
image thumbnail Boatbuilding in Alatna. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Boatbuilding in Alatna in 1949. Cora Moses, Wallace Nictune, Richard Napoleon, Oscar Nictune, Elma Sam, Frank Sam (partially hidden), and Jimmy Edward. They are putting the sideboards on. Some people are holding the board in place while it is nailed on. Photo by Johnson Moses. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Caribou Boots High-knee caribou boots with a strip of beaver fur along the top of the boots. These boots have soft soles probably caribou skin. The draw string at the top of the boots is probably caribou skin with blue and white yarn ends. There are two strips of caribou skin along the sides of the boots in order to tighten around the ankles. These boots are stitched with cotton thread and dental floss. A commercial textile lines the inside of the boots.<br><br>Donated by Dinah Larsen, these boots were made for her by a woman from Allakaket in 1967. ! 11/12/2009: According to Elders, the boots are made from fall caribou, as indicated by the short hair and thick skin. This is the best time to get skins for boots as the shorter hair is more durable for boots. AJL! Ethnology;
image thumbnail Ceza Bergman as a young woman. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Ceza Bergman as a young woman. Taken in Allakaket before 1920, maybe even before 1915. Photographer unknown. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Ceza Bergman in Allakaket in the late 1950's. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Ceza Bergman in Allakaket in the late 1950's. Her house is in the background. Taken by Matilda Barber, Ceza's granddaughter. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Chief Moses in his later years. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Chief Moses in his later years. Taken in Allakaket probably in the 1920's by an unknown photographer. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Christmas time in 1982. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Several of Johnson and Bertha Moses' grandchildren. Back row: Mandy Linus (?) (hidden), Jason Moses, Melissa Koyukuk, Jennevieve Williams, Christy Moses, Jody Moses, Tanya Beatus, Bobby Moses, and Arlene Maguire. Front row: Greg Moses, Timothy Ned, and Jennifer Maguire. Taken at Johnson and Bertha's home in Allakaket by Sherry or Ross Moses at Christmas time in 1982. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Coleen M. Platner photograph collection. The Coleen M. Platner Photographs (ca. 1909-1920s) contain photographs of pioneer children and their families living in Alaska, chiefly Iditarod, Chatanika, Little Eldorado City, and Eldorado Creek. There are also photographs from Nome and the Bering Sea, Fairbanks, Nenana, Ruby, Kantishna, Eagle, and Kodiak. People identified in the photographs are: Frederick W. Herms, DDS, Emelie Tjernstrom Herms, Donald McDonald, Sigrid McDonald, Robert Simpson, Oliver Johnson, Hector Burns, Mark Burns, Edgar Brooker Jr., Frank Burns, Louis Larson, Edgar Brooker Sr., Fred Jungst, Lois Hamilton, Vivian Hamilton, Tom Davis, George Stubblefield, Alfred Lytle, "Bud" Boyd, Kunute Koland, Hudson Stuck, Charles Schick, Peter Bucholz, Dave Shoat, Caroline Erskine, Mrs. Mary Brooker, Morris Moreno, Ingraham, "Scurvy Kid," John Lake, and Joe Dalton. Coleen M. Platner photograph collection
image thumbnail Cora Nictune. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Cora Nictune. Probably a print made from photo 37. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Cora, Virginia and Kathleen Moses. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Cora, Virginia and Kathleen Moses (in the foreground). Taken in Allakaket in October, 1955 by Bertha Moses. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Dog race in the Allakaket April Carnival, 1980. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Jody Moses with sled and dog entered in the 1 dog race in the Allakaket April Carnival, 1980. Photo by Allakaket school student. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Doll Soft-bodied doll with leather facial features in black stitch. Parka of muskrat belly trimmed with white and black calf skin in zigzag design with beaver, wolf ruff. Mittens are commercial leather with mouton tops, mittens have blue, pink and white yarn harness. Pants are mouton with cloth underneath. Boots are calf skin with leather soles and straps with otter and pink yarn trim. 62 cm tall.<br><br> Ethnology;
image thumbnail Dressed for cold weather. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Back row: Billy Bergman, Ceza Bergman, one of their children, but can't be identified. Front row: Edward and Louie Bergman, but can't tell which is which. Taken in Allakaket, probably between 1910 and 1915 by missionaries. The family is dressed for cold weather. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Enroute Allakaket. Title taken from caption on Album. "February 1919. Substituting for Archdeacon [Hudson] Stuck. Enroute Allakaket. Ala Kellum and team of Archdeacon Stuck." [Ala Kellum seems to be Archdeacon Drane's guide and traveling companion.] Frederick B. Drane Collection
image thumbnail Family leaving Allakaket for summer fish camp. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Family leaving Allakaket for summer fish camp. Note the handmade boat caulked with pitch so it won't leak. Billy Bergman, Ceza Bergman, Lindbergh Bergman, and Christopher Bergman. Billy Bergman was a good boat builder. Photo taken probably in early July in the 1930's. Bertha Moses Collection;

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