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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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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