Hughes & Huslia: Images

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Thumbnail Object Title Description Collection
image thumbnail Summer camp of Indians. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Summer camp of Indians, on the river near Hughes. Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail Studio portrait: Charles W. Fairbanks. Title by cataloger. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a popular political figure of his time. He is seen here seated and wearing a dark suit, white round collar and a distinct polka-dotted bow tie. He has a receding hairline and a goatee. Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852 - 1918) was a Senator from Indiana and the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1896, and reelected in 1902. He was elected Vice President in 1904 on the Republican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt and served until 1909. In 1916, Fairbanks went on to win the nomination for Vice President under Charles Evans Hughes. A few months later, both Fairbanks and Hughes lost a close election to Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall. He returned to his home state of Indiana and continued to practice law until his death in June 1918. Information was obtained from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774- 1989. Senate document No.100-34. Washington: Government Printing Office. Charles W. Fairbanks Collection
image thumbnail Steven and Catherine Attla. Huslia, November 1982. Title from accompanying note. Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
image thumbnail Crosson Family Papers (Part 3, 1007-1206) This collection primarily covers the activities of Joe Crosson’s flying career in Alaska and the Arctic from 1926 through 1949. Photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles chronicle the transition in Alaska from ground to air transportation as well as historic flights in Alaska and Antarctica. There are also photographs and news clippings of his sister Marvel’s flying career as well as photographs and papers of his wife Lillian from her time as a student at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. Crosson Family Papers
image thumbnail Sidney Huntington. Huslia, November 1982. Title from accompanying note. Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
image thumbnail Sheath Moosehide sheath with strap of dentalia shells and beads. Sheath (length 30 cm.) made of moosehide. Tip of sheath replaced with new piece of moosehide. Moosehide fringe around sheath tip. Sheath decorated with dentalia shells, and beads (dark blue, and clear green on tassles and black, and metallic beads on sheath body). Strap composed of a repeating pattern of amber beads, light blue beads, amber beads, moosehide strip, and dentalia shells. This pattern repeates 13 times along the strap with a moosehide divider and 10 more along the other side. Total length 83 cm. Width of sheath approx 10 cm. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Sheath A moosehide sheath with strap of dentalia shells and beads. Sheath (length 30 cm.) made of moosehide. Tip of sheath replaced with new piece of moosehide. Moosehide fringe around sheath tip. Sheath decorated with dentalia shells, and beads (dark blue, and clear green on tassels and black, and metallic beads on sheath body). Strap composed of a repeating pattern of amber beads, light blue beads, amber beads, moosehide strip, and dentalia shells. This pattern repeats 13 times along the strap with a moosehide divider and 10 more along the other side. Total length 83 cm. Width of sheath approx 10 cm. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Pioneering, Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 1915. Title taken from front. View of men sitting outside a tent housing a sign and carpentry business, Anchorage, Alaska. Sign reads: "Conklin Fitzgerald: signs, wallpaper, paint, oil, glass, papering, painting and clothing. T. Hughes, carpenter builder." Aug. 1915. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8". AMRC. Pyatt Original Negatives Collection;
image thumbnail Pin 6.2 cm diameter, 7.3 cm long metal stick pin. Made of two layers of moose (?) hide stitched together. Floral design on front of dyed tufted moose hair; five pink tufts form a flower, three moss-green tufts (smaller and diamond shaped) form leaves; center of flower is a pile of yellow seed-beads stitched together with thread. Outlined with larger turquoise-color glass beads in a scallop-design. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Pin 3.4cm by 2.5 cm diamond shape with stud attachment; porcupine quills, brown, gold and dark red glass seed beads sewn on smoked hide backing. Made by Selina Alexander. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Necklace, Dentalia Dentalia and green, red, and blue trade beads; dividers and fastener of moosehide; fastens with white button. 58 x 3 cm (laid flat). <br><br>Necklace belonged to Olin, who was a medicine man who died in 1958; he was from Cutoff (now abandoned) up near Huslia. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Mary Vent. Huslia, November 1982. Title from accompanying note.Vent was interviewed by Lynch and Arundale, Nov. 13, 1982 (see Arundale Oral History). Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
image thumbnail Letters from the collection of George Shakes, Tlingit Chief. Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct. 30 1881. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Nov. 2, 1881. Letter from Wm. G. Thomas, Deputy U.S. Marshall, Wrangell, Mar. 4, 1894. Letter from Wm. A. Kelly, Supt. of Schools, Sitka to Shakes, Jan. 29, 1898. Letter from Governor John Brady, Sitka to Shakes, Nov. 22, 1898. Letter from Governor John Brady, Sitka to Kootwat, Yutkook and Shatrich, Sept 2. Physical description: 8 letters: 9 p. George Shakes, Tlingit Chief. Letters received, 1879-1898. ASL-MS-0004-06-004
image thumbnail Cue Bifelt with his trophy after winning in Anchorage. He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail A frosty George Attla Jr. having just finished the Huslia race. It was so cold we had to place our cameras inside our jackets.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail A racer, Bergman Sam I think, finished during the Huslia New Year's race. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail George Attla Jr. with dogs and sleds piled in Wien's Pilatus Porter aircraft. Madeline Attla, his sister, sits in front of him. She was on her way to Hughes to be married to Bill Williams Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Dogs being lined up for loading into Cessna mail plane. According to Mrs. Keller, transporting the dogs was a first step to the North American dog race Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Town cleanup day organized in the spring by the Kahls. The house in the background was owned by Steven and Catherine Attla. Dogs were a very important part of the town economy. Huslia's racers, starting with Jimmy Huntington became a real force in Alaska dog racing both in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Fishing for dog food in the summer was a serious business with the families and they moved out of town to fish camp when the fish were running. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Jossilin Olin doing the long jump; teacherage in background. The woman in the red jacket is Harriet Amundson who was the third teacher in the system with Kahl's (two years) and Morgan's (one year).Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Spring play day at the school. A shaggy track meet which drew everyone in the vicinity. A great day of fun for onlookers as well as participants. Bea Kahl standing at the right. People are sitting on the steps of the teacherage.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Hughes village & airstrip. Title taken from slide mount. Muddy landing strip with buildings in background. Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services. Photographs, ca. 1940s-1960s. ASL-PCA-143
image thumbnail Richard Derendoff with a load of winter wood. Dogs were very utilitarian and necessary as well as used in racing. Within a few years snowmobiles replaced dogs for many people as working vehicles.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Hughes Post Office, store, and hotel, 1951. Hotel is building on left Alaska Territorial Department of Education: Records of Alaska Schools, 1931-1951. ASL-MS146
image thumbnail Angeline, Vanessa, and Richard Derendoff. Huslia, November 1982. Title by indexer.Photo of a family group. Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection

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