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Box PCA0552

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Revenue Cutter, BEAR.

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-1
Scope and Contents

[Bowsprit and masts of the BEAR stick out from behind icebergs; a few crew members visible on bow]

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

Revenue Cutter, BEAR.

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-2
Scope and Contents

[View from distance of BEAR, top sails raised; ice in foreground]

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

[Dogs and men on deck of ship (BEAR?); fish hang in background from cabin top; lines, masts, barrels, rope, and canvas are in view]

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-3
Scope and Contents

Photographer’s number 227

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

[Northern Native camp along coast, possibly near the village of Tanuak; an animal hide is stretched between posts of a frame; a kayak rests on a support, which may be a tusk; a sailing ship is visible offshore]

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-4
Scope and Contents

Photographer’s number 343

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

[Two Native hunters with their harvest of birds; they support their packs with tump lines across their foreheads; one man also carries a rifle]

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photographs were probably all taken during the winter of 1897-1898, when Samuel Call sailed on the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service BEAR as part of the Overland Relief Expedition to rescue the 265 whalers whose ships were trapped in the ice near Point Barrow. Several of the images show the BEAR.

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

Revenue Cutter, BEAR.

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-6
Scope and Contents

[Ship’s name is visible on the stern, which is backed up against icebergs; partial view of masts, rigging, and lifeboat]

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

[Members of a ship’s crew watch as a large bear is hoisted aboard their sailing ship]

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photographs were probably all taken during the winter of 1897-1898, when Samuel Call sailed on the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service BEAR as part of the Overland Relief Expedition to rescue the 265 whalers whose ships were trapped in the ice near Point Barrow. Several of the images show the BEAR.

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898

Revenue Cutter, BEAR.

 Item — Box: PCA0552
Identifier: PCA0552-8
Scope and Contents

[Profile view of BEAR, anchored to ice, some sails raised]

Dates: 1897-1897
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 552, Robert Pittenger Photograph Collection, 1897-1898