Call NumberX-32130SummarySix heavily laden men carry their packs to the end of a portage along a river somewhere in Alaska. Two other men await the packers on a small spit of land that projects into the river where other supplies have already been dropped off. Snow is on both banks of the river.Physical Description1 photonegative : nitrate ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 25 x 18 cm (9 1/2 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBackpacking--Alaska--19th centuryIndians of North America--Alaska--19th centuryPortages--Alaska--19th centuryRivers--Alaska--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032130Type of MaterialNitrate negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromLaut, A. C., The Story of the Trapper, 1902, p. 30.NotesFormerly F472. Photoprint of a half-tone reproduction. Title hand-written on back of print. R7100321300
Indian voyagers "packing" over long portage, each packet containing from 50 to 100 lbs.. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/07/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1046681
