Kingikmiut Eskimo boat frame hung above house buried in snow, Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906

Handwritten in album: House snowed under PH Coll 49.11 and PH Coll 919.31 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. She joined William T. and Ellen Lopp, of the American Missionary Association who established the school...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernardi, Susan R.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Eskimos > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Alaska Natives > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Racks (Supporting devices); Dwellings > Alaska > Kingegan
Eskimo architecture > Alaska > Kingegan; Eskimos > Boats > Alaska > Kingegan; Alaska Natives > Boats > Alaska > Kingegan; Kingegan (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc.
Cape Prince of Wales
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2206
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Summary:Handwritten in album: House snowed under PH Coll 49.11 and PH Coll 919.31 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. She joined William T. and Ellen Lopp, of the American Missionary Association who established the school in 1890. Her photographs document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan. This particular photo shows a boat frame hung above a house.

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