Shooting Walrus

US Navy men taking aim on a herd of pacific walrus in the Bering Sea. Around 1950's.

W. J. Spangler , Photographer, CA, USA. B/W postcard

Stripping pelts

Hunters strippings pelts from freshly caught Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Around 1950's.

Kodak B/W photo postcard

Fur Seal

Female Fur Seal near a US naval base on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Around 1950's.

Kodak B/W photo postcard

Walrus heads

Walrus heads as trophees on deck of small hunting vessel. Nome, Alaska, USA.

O. D. Goetze, Photographer, Nome Alaska, USA. B/W postcard

Seal Hunt in Alaska

Hunters with their catch on the ice. Typical Alaskan oomiaks of the natice Alaskans at both sides

Colored Photo Postcard published b Central News CO., Tacoma, WA, USA.

Seal Colony

Fur Seal colony on the Pribilof Islands. Colony consists mainly of pups at the moment picture was taken by photograher Mr Robinson, mothers were out at sea to catch food and pups were eft ashore under the careful watch of some mature females.

American Kodak Photo Postcard.

Eskimo and white whale

Inuit with freshly captured beluga whale

Canadian Kodak Photo Post Card

Walrus Heads

Display of 5 trophy walrus heads on side of boat. Nome, Alaska.

American Kodak Photo Post Card

Back from the Walrus Hunt in the Bering Sea

3 Malemut or Point Barrow Eskimo showing their trophies on arrival. Probably around Nome.

Postcard printed in France.

Whaling Camp, Barrow, Alaska

Summer Point Barrow Eskimo-whaling camp showing a family who just returned from the whale hunt with thick slices of whale fat with skin (muktuk) piled on their sleds.

American Kodak Photo Postcard.

Whaling Camp, Barrow, Alaska

Camp (tent and oomiak) is situated on the edge of the ice with a perfect clear view of what probably is Kotzebue Sound.

American Kodak Photo Postcard.

Return from a succesful seal hunt, Alaska

Return of hunting party by motorised oomiak after a long time out on the icy waters hunting for harbour sealor Stellar's sealion.

American 'Northwest Magazine' Postcard.

Walrus caught in the Bering Sea

Decapitated walrus heads on side of small hunting/fishing boat in the harbour of Nome, Alaska.

Printed in Germany, published as postcard by The Puget Sound News Company, Seattle, WA.

Muktuk

Freshly cut muktuk (whale fat) from what at first sight seems to be a humpback whale. The catch meant food, warmth (oil), tools and the much needed rare vitamines for dozens of families over several months.

American Kodak Photo Postcard.

Walrus Hunt

A group of eskimo haul in a freshly shot Pacific walrus onto the ice near Barrow, AK. A catch like this could easily feed several families for weeks and provide valuable trading goods such as the ivory tusks.

American Kodak Photo Postcard.

A succesful seal hunt

A very succesful landing of several seals, sarcastically called 'Eskimo Turkey'.

American postcard.

Hunting party

Eskimo hunting party in seal skin oomiak on the verge of a strike on a walrus.

American coloured postcard.

Eskimo family in seal skin oomiak

Eskimo family afloat in a seal skin oomiak.

American coloured postcard.

Eskimo boys carving ivory

Eskimo boys carving walrus ivory tusks, presumably in one of SE Alaska's much visited trading posts such as Juneau or Sitka.

American coloured postcard.

Eskimo women selling curio in Sitka

Eskimo women selling various carved ivory items along the streets of Sitka, Baranof Island. Nowadays in that same area there are several boutiques selling top carved ivory.

American coloured postcard.

Walrus on ice

Walrus herd asleep on ice. Around Barrow, Alaska

Skinning a walrus

Eskimo skinning a walrus. The procedure has to be done as soon as possible often on site.

American Kodak Photo Postcard.

Seal Hunters

Hunters showing of their catch of the day in the freezing cold, Northern Canada, mid 1950's. Temperatures are so low that the instant the animal is killed, the body of it freezes up and becomes hard as ice.

Canadian B/W photo postcard.