Eskimo settlement showing sod dwellings, kayak, and dog sled, western Alaska, circa 1886

Images documenting a trip undertaken in 1884 by the Reverends J. Adolphus Hartmann and William H. Weinland and commissioned by the Moravian Church in America to determine a location for a mission in Western Alaska. The mission site they chose, called Bethel, was on the Kuskokwim River. Caption on mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hartmann and Weinland
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Eskimos > Structures > Alaska
Kayaks > Alaska
Sleds & sleighs > Alaska
Eskimos > Dwellings > Alaska
Sod houses > Alaska
Eskimo architecture > Alaska
Eskimos > Boats > Alaska
Alaska Natives > Boats
Kayak
eskimo*
esquimaux
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/838
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Summary:Images documenting a trip undertaken in 1884 by the Reverends J. Adolphus Hartmann and William H. Weinland and commissioned by the Moravian Church in America to determine a location for a mission in Western Alaska. The mission site they chose, called Bethel, was on the Kuskokwim River. Caption on mount: 18. Esquimaux Village, kiyack, dog sled, etc. Views in Alaska. Photographed by Hartmann and Weinland. PH Coll 319.5

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