REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist

TITLE: Alaska Military Serviceman Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2006.014

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s

Extent: 22 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): unknown

Administrative/Biographical History:
Nothing was known about the photographer at the time of processing.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of 24 black-and-white snapshots, presumably taken by a military
serviceman during his time in Northern or Western Alaska, possibly at a DEW Line or similar
site. Most of the photos show Alaska Natives and an unidentified serviceman. For more
information, see Detailed Description of Collection.

Arrangement: Arranged by dealer number


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in good condition.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Alaska Military Serviceman Photographs, Anchorage Museum, B2006.014

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Purchased from Alfarrabista in New York in 2006.


SUBJECTS
United States. Army—Military life
Yuit Eskimos—Alaska
Inupiat—Alaska
Nome (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
1 — [serviceman kneeling in snow with Alaska Native child wearing white parka with striped trim and fur-trimmed collar, building in background. At AFN 2015, parka identified as Siberian Yup’ik style]
 2 — [portrait of same child as in .1]
 3 — [similar to .1]
4 — [white and Alaska Native men riding in back of truck, most in military uniform]
5 — [Alaska Native man, woman, and child standing next to house on tundra, child holding camera]
 6 — [Alaska Native man and two small children next to small shack on tundra]
7 — [two Alaska Native men, two Alaska Native women, and child standing next to house on tundra. At AFN 2016, location suggested as King Island camp at east end of Nome, man second from left identified as Gilbert]
 8 — [similar to .7]
 9 — [two Alaska Native men riding in back of truck. Cf. .4]
10 — [two Alaska Native men standing in surf along shore, one man carrying large sack]
 11 — [Alaska Native man and child posed on tundra, child holding camera. Cf. .5]
12 — [serviceman posed with Alaska Native woman and girls next to building with ladder up side wall]
 13 — (Just-my-type) Someone had thumb over lens [serviceman standing with Alaska Native woman next to same building as in .13, other women standing at left, signs on building read “Entrance” and “T-55”]
14 — Me & Henry Gilberg (civilian from Mass.) [serviceman and white man posed with Alaska Native women and children outside building]
 15 — [Alaska Native children posed on tundra, tents in background]
 16 — [serviceman posed with Alaska Native children]
 17 — [similar to .16]
18 — [two Alaska Native men, both smoking cigarettes, standing next to truck on tundra
 19 — [Alaska Native children posed on tundra. Cf. .15]
 20 — [serviceman posed with Alaska Native child in front of truck, entrance to military facility embedded in hillside in background]
 21 — [serviceman posed with Alaska Native children]
 22 — [Alaska Native woman and two children posed next to house, dog at left, photographer’s shadow in foreground]
23 — [view of tundra, with houses in distance, communications tower at right]
 24 — [scenic of tundra with rushing creek] Guide updated: October 26, 2016