Kobuk: Images

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image thumbnail Rex in Collins Cotton Patch. Title from photo caption. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail River. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Sheep hunt. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Small boy in fur ruff. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Eskimo baby. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Woman standing in water. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Woman in bathing suit standing with skiff. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Woman at the water edge. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Airplane on skis. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Arctic hare. Title from accompanying note.<br><br>Full note reads: "Arctic hare [man showing hare to dog; next to Northern Air Service plane of Fairbanks, Alaska]." Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Camp with temporary dog yard. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Charlie Lee pulling logs for Collins' cabin. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "Charlie Lee pulling logs for Collins' cabin up Quikcherk Creek with CAA tractor. Kobuk River." Additional comments from village presentations: "Quicksherk (misspelled). It might be spelled Koochak? This was an area between Shungnak and Kobuk. Charlie Lee was Margaret (Lee) Sheldon's dad. He boated w/Harry Brown's boat as a guide because he knew the river well." Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Damaged airplane. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Dog teams pulling freight on sleds. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Edna Commack with daughter Susie. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "Both Edna Commack and Susie (Lee) Sun (Edna's daughter) currently live in Shungnak." Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Reconnaissance map of Noatak-Kobuk region, Alaska. Relief shown by contours. "Topography by C. E. Griffin, D. L. Reaburn, D. C. Witherspoon, H. M. Eakin, C. E. Hill and T. G. Gerdine." "Surveyed in 1899, 1901, 1903, 1910, and 1911." U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 536, Plate 1. 57 x 112 cmPublished in [Washington, D.C.] by Geological Survey (U.S.) in 1913.Scale is 1:500,000 (W164 00 W153 00 N68 30 N65 30). Rare Maps Collection, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail Map of Northwest Alaska : showing the region drained into Kotzebue Sound by the Kubuck or Putnam, Notoark and Selawik Rivers and the country adjoining, explored by the U.S. Naval Expedition 1885-86 under Lieut. George M. Stoney, U.S.N. Relief shown by shading and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Cover title: Map of the Kotzebue Sound country, Alaska, the new gold fields, including the basins of the Kobuk or Putnam, Selawik and other rivers explored by the U.S. Naval Engineering Expedition under Lieut. Geo. M. Stoney, 1885-86. Insets: Map of the Hotham Inlet and the delta of the Putnam River showing channels and soundings -- Map showing the route from Aneuyk to Point Barrwo explored by Ensign W. L. Howard, U.S.N., 1886 -- Map of northwestern Alaska showing routes explored by Lieut. Stoney's party. Published in San Francisco by Britton & Rey in 1898. Scale is [1:880,000] (W164 00 W153 00 N68 30 N64 00). Rare Maps Collection, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail S.S. Saidie loading the John Reilly for Kobuk. Title from caption. "'S.S. Saidie' loading the 'John Reilly' for Kobuk Sept 29th '03." The creator's mark reads "Nowell 112." The ship on the left is marked "John Reilly [San Francisco] on the aft deck. This was probably taken in Kotzebue Sound or Hotham Inlet. Perry D. Palmer Photograph Album, ca. 1903-1913;
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 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 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 All aboard for school. Title from verso. "[All aboard for school. From the Alaska arctic, nearly 600 students are gathered from 40 remote villages and fish camps, each fall to fly to Fairbanks and Juneau, heading for high schools and colleges.] "Students boarding a Wien Air Alaska at Shungnak Alaska. Polatis [Polat is?] porter. The airport is a river sand bar in front of the town. 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: Lena Commack Coffee (climbing into plane), George Cleveland Sr., Genevieve Douglas Norris, Lottie Tickett, Virginia Douglas Commack. 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.Charles Mac Kay has identified the model and manufacturer of many aircraft on our website he has identified this one is a Pilatus Turbo Porter PC-6, and it has production number 569. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
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 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 Alaska Native Head (Kobuk) (Eskimo Man) Ziegler, Eustace P. (artist). Size: 9.5 x 7.5 in. Medium: Oil Signed lower right. First title on original backing, second title on current backing. Fine Arts;

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