Historical Photographs of Kotzebue Alaska
Page 9 July, 1950
Where is Kotzebue Alaska?Herein are Historical Photographs of Kotzebue.
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This page has photos provided by Joel M Halpern
who visited in Summer of 1950.
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Local group which performs for tourists doing pantomine dances
Two women fliers at airport
Rear view of house and oil drums, vegetable garden in foreground, arctic summer is short but sun is out 24 hours a day Casa de Paga Gold Mine
Kotzebue, DC-3 at landing trip, Wien Alaska Airlines
Administrative buildings Kotzebue
Further away from Kotzebue along shore
Waterfront at Kotzebue, sea plane with floats and fishing boats
Houses along shore including local store
Local trawler
Big sister 15, who has finished elementary school and her two little brothers
Young girl in caribou skin coat returning from store
Getting a haircut in the brush near Kotzebue
Women dancing using rattles accompanied by the drumbeat and canting of the men
Housing
This house with its covered entryway belong to one of the local white entrepeneurs
An Eskimo home, there are no trees in the area and so the lumber used is that saved from previous houses or driftwood It is very expensive to have lumber
The hospital which was subsequently destroyed in a fire. The Alaska Native Service provided the facilties
Graveyard
Overview graveyard
Joel M. Halpern on outing to hunt for Beluga white whales with two local Eskimo
More modern house with multi paned windows, grave is in foreground
Cutting up Beluga skin after whaling
Muktuk or Belgua skin drying
Husband and wife John Nelson Sr and Lucy Nelson
JMH with Catholic priest who had recently arrived from Ireland
John Nelson Sr and Lucy Nelson family camp
Dried salmon (arctic chr)
Closeup of salmon on drying racks
Casa de Paga Gold Mine near Deering
Casa de Paga Gold Mine near Deering
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