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B2016.004.21.10
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.11
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.12
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.13
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.14
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.15
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.16
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.17
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.18
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2007.008.17
Whale at Port Armstrong Alaska[ 5 men standing and looking at a very large whale ashore in Port Armstrong]
Keywords: whaling, industry
Collection: B2007.008
B1989.016.1435.1
46. Whale hunting. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [whaling boat Aberdeen with several whale carcasses]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.004.21.1
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [boy walking in front of snowmachines]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.6
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [boy pulling meat across snow]
Collection: B2016.004
B1997.019.Story of a Whale Hunt print file
Story of a whale hunt in Bering Straits. S.R. Bernardi, photographer. Nome, Alaska
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1970.028.304
[Whaling boats sailing on the horizon]
Keywords: transportation, hunting, subsistence
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1991.011.1194
Point Hope; lichen encrusted whale bone [boy poses on tundra with whale bone]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2013.066.116
13. Whaling feast at Point Hope, Alaska. Distribution of meat by successful whaling captain
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2013.066
B1990.014.004.0043183
43183 Eskimos clean whale baleen
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.07356
07356 Eskimo readies whale harpoon
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1997.019.27full
After a good whale season every one is happy
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2017.024.2317
Kotzebue, June 1967 "beluga whale butchering" [people butcher whale on ice; water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1970.028.173
A modern whaling station in the Aleutians. Now taken over by the Army. This was a Norwegian whaling station. Not active. [Men carve whale blubber in front of commercial processing facility]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1996.011.294A
Boat & whale vertebra [bow of wooden boat in foreground, with rope and whale bone, shore in distance]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2008.013.79
[men butchering whale in yard at commercial whaling station, carcass attached to winch system, Akutan, 1920s?]
Collection: B2008.013
B2008.013.80
[pile of whale skin lying in yard, equipment sheds in background, commercial whaling station, Akutan, 1920s?]
Collection: B2008.013
B2016.004.23.31
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.36
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people hauling meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.41
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people hauling meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.9
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1998.014.1.2218
Alaska Shop; female whale - 70 ton "Wright" - Akutan, Alaska [likely a right whale on shore next to structure; whaling station; baleen visible at right; men standing nearby]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1435.2
34. Arctic ice flow. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Whale Hunting) [three-masted whaling ship in ice]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.77
[men butchering whale at commercial whaling station, carcass on dock, men using cutting tools, inlet and mountains in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2016.004.341
Harvesting whale blubber and baleen, Barrow, Alaska [people cutting whale on ice edge; print date Jun 81]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2158
Sperm whale, Akutan. Thomas Foto Shop, Anchorage [crew butchering whale at whaling station, with dock and ship in background. copy neg. "Thomas Foto Shop, Anchorage" written on copy neg]
Keywords: fishing, hunting, whaling
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.05166
Eskimo boys imbibe the Whaling culture: Pt. Hope
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.07355
07355 Coiling line for a fast runout as the whale is hit
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.pointhope.nulakatuk.1968
Point Hope whale festival, Nulakatuk. Jun '68
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4