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b2015.027.108
[group portrait of workers standing outside building, white man wearing fedora hat in center, possibly compiler]
Keywords: hunting, seals
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.117
The bride and groom after the wedding [same image as .9]
Keywords: weddings, religion
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.12
[portrait of young Aleut man wearing driving cap, leaning against large boulder outdoors]
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.124
Pie eating contest [white man wearing Navy cap, suit, and necktie overseeing Aleut boys competing in contest, wooden tables set up outdoors, buildings in background]
Keywords: food, Fourth of July celebrations, recreation
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.131
The bishop and native. He is the one that got lost two years ago [two Aleut men posed outdoors, one at left wearing brimmed hat, suitcoat, necktie, and sweater, one at right wearing eyeglasses and knit cap and holding camera on tripod. Man at left possibly priest Gregory Prozorov, who served on St. Paul 1924-1929]
Keywords: religion, photography
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.133
The one on my right is the one I wrote about. The other is from St. George [compiler, wearing fedora hat, sitting with two women on automobile fender]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.133crop
The one on my right is the one I wrote about. The other is from St. George [compiler, wearing fedora hat, sitting with two women on automobile fender]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.134
[group portrait of workers standing next to building, white man wearing cook’s hat probably compiler, one young Aleut man wearing apron]
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.148
The belles of the village ready for the egg race [Aleut women wearing dresses, berets, and high-heeled shoes lined up near buildings, male spectators in background]
Keywords: Fourth of July celebrations, clothing, recreation
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.149
These start in young to drive the devil out [five young children posed outdoors, holding flags that appear to be kerchiefs tied to sticks, buildings in background]
Keywords: children, religion
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.160
The bishop and priest. The tall one is the one that keeps his eagle eye on the bunkhouse [two men wearing Russian Orthodox vestments standing next to building; man at right possibly John Zlobin]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.163
Peg and his bride [wedding portrait, Aleut man with wooden leg standing with woman and young girl on boardwalk in front of building]
Keywords: weddings, religion
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.165
Dave and part of his family. I took this picture lopsided [Aleut man, woman, and child standing outdoors, buildings in background]
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.170
The launch of the island [men in wooden boat, one holding long paddle]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.173
Native going home with his seal meat [Aleut man pushing wheelbarrow full of seal carcasses, buildings in background]
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.27
[men and boys in field clubbing or skinning seals]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.84
[white man standing inside wooden structure divided into several kennels for dogs]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B2015.027