17 images from collection B2008_004 Bjorkman Collection

B2008.004.001

Bunch of Alaskans. Some of the crew with a few of the Alaskan Eskimo. Bjorkman [Mattoi?] [This photo was taken during the 1888 summer cruise of the U.S.S. Thetis. Crewmen and Natives seated on the ground.]

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B2008.004.002

Small boat in Alaskan waters [umiak]

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B2008.004.007

Eskimo boys in Sunday clothes

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B2008.004.008

Indian hut. Eskimo hut [shows a log cabin that was used by prospectors going up the Copper River]

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B2008.004.016

Eskimos on ship [Alaska Natives aboard the Thetis]

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B2008.004.017

Eskimos on ship [Alaska Natives aboard the Thetis]

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B2008.004.021

Bringing the body of a missionary home after burial. Eskimos had killed him [crewmen of the Thetis with a coffin]

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B2008.004.022

X’ind papa. Some of ships crew. Papa shown by check [Ships officers aboard the Thetis. The man under the check mark may be Richard Bjorkman. The man in the lower right corner is holding a sextant]

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B2008.004.023

Saw mill at Sitka, Alaska

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B2008.004.024

Eskimo family [Tlingit Indians at Sitka]

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B2008.004.026

Indian hut. Living quarters of Alaskan Indians [interior of a Tlingit community house]

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B2008.004.027

Another view of killing and skinning them. Skinning of the seals after killing by crew of the ship [shows men salting the fur of seals during a seal harvest. Location is probably St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs]

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B2008.004.028

Eskimo dog team

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B2008.004.030

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B2008.004.031

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B2008.004.033

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B2008.004.034

Eskimo family [Eskimo family from Kotzebue Sound region]

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