Eklutna Vocational School 1
Elsie Havens Blue
Eklutna Vocational School students
Image shows a group of about ten young native women standing next to a large white frame building. Women are wearing long dresses and coats of somewhat formal fashion. Electric lines overhead, power pole and trees in background.
Eklutna, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 2
Ruth Estelle
People
Image shows a group of ten young native men and women students on a sunny day sitting on a boardwalk next to a white frame building. All are nicely dressed, two are holding guitars. Electric lines overhead, power pole, two other buildings and trees are in background.
Eklutna, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 3
Ruth Estelle
Buildings
Image shows large white buildings of the Eklutna Vocational School in middle ground. A wire fence with wooden gate is in foreground, railroad tracks and depot building just beyond. Forest and mountains in background. Power poles and lines are evident.
Near Eklutna Village, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 4
Ruth Estelle
Buildings
Image shows a low oblique view of a group of large and small white buildings of the Eklutna Vocational School in middle ground. A wire fence with wooden gate is in foreground, railroad tracks and two flatcars next to an offloading platform just beyond. Forest and mountains in background. Power poles and lines are evident.
Near Eklutna Village, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 5
Ruth Estelle
Buildings
Image shows railroad tracks in foreground and an adjacent open-sided roofed building with a sign on it identifying EKLUTNA. A person is visible inside the building. Large white buildings of the Eklutna Vocational School are in middle ground. A cottonwood tree is obvious next to the foreground building. Forest and mountains in background. Power lines are evident overhead.
Near Eklutna Village, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 6
Air Corps, U.S. Army
Students of the Eklutna Native Industrial School
Image is of a group of children, assumed to be students, standing next to the Eklutna Native Industrial School rail station.
Eklutna, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 7
Ruth Estelle
Eklutna school barns & cows
Image shows the main barn, pole barn and cows of the Eklutna Vocational School plus a couple of other smaller buildings. Railroad tracks and a power pole are prominent in foreground. Heavy forest forms the backdrop.
Eklutna, Alaska
Eklutna Vocational School 8
Alaska Road Commission
Snow covers the ground of this winter view of the Eklutna Vocational School buildings.
This winter view shows a number of the buildings of the vocational school campus. A rail of the nearby railroad track is visible in right foreground. A portion of the Chugach mountainside is apparent at left. The noted road route, R.75L, is located between the school and the visible mountain. A thin layer of snow covers the ground.
Eklutna, Alaska
People 70
Unknown
A student from Eklutna Vocational School demonstrates his ivory carving skills at the Matanuska Valley Fair.
This image is of a young Native boy, identified as Arthur Abkinga from Diomede Island and attending Eklutna Vocational School, using a bow drill as he demonstrates ivory carving skills and displays carved items at his exhibit table at the Matanuska Valley Fair. The boy stands in foreground at left center dressed in a traditional fancy skin parka. On the table directly in front of him sit his vise, hacksaw, eggbeater drill, files and other carving tools. At right foreground is another table laden with finished carved ivory items. Partly visible directly behind the boy are blankets and decorative fabric items created by other Eklutna school students.
Palmer, Alaska
People 71
Unknown
A student from Eklutna Vocational School demonstrates her "mukluk"-making skills at the Matanuska Valley Fair.
This photo shows a young Native girl from the Eklutna Industrial School sitting in foreground wearing a traditional "Kuspuk" with a double ruff hood. The girl, identified as "Bertha", smiling shyly while holding a piece of leather up to her face, is said to be demonstrating how traditional "mukluks" are made by chewing the sole leather to form the rounded toe and soften it for sewing to the upper portion. A pair of finished fancy mukluks sits in foreground with an unfinished sole piece partially visible behind. The girl is wearing mukluks of a simpler design. Hanging directly behind the girl is a large decorative Afghan with a small sign indicating it was made by the "Flying Needles Club" of the Industrial School and that it was to be raffled off. Close inspection of the girl's Kuspuk shows the cuff of her right wrist is made of short-haired fur while her left one is of cloth, raising the question of significance.
Palmer, Alaska
People 72
Hewitts Photo Shop
A student from Eklutna Vocational School stands with many items made by her classmates on exhibit at the Matanuska Valley Fair.
A young Native girl in a traditional dress parka of dark fur with white ruff stands at left foreground beside a table with two very different fabric tablecloths or blankets. Sitting on top of the table coverings are six fur-clad Native dolls about twelve inches tall. Several other small items lie on the table, including several metal (likely copper) plates or shallow dishes. Hanging behind the girl and near foreground table is a wide variety of knitted, crocheted and sewn items of clothing. A large decorative Afghan hangs behind the girl with a sign showing that it is intended to be raffled off.
Palmer, Alaska
People 74
Unidentified, probably Hewitts Photo Shop
Student from Eklutna Vocational School stands to show off traditional clothing likely made at the school..
This photo features two young Native girls, students at the Eklutna Industrial School, standing in near foreground facing the camera. They are wearing traditional clothes assumed to have been made by them at the school. The girl at left wears a full-length fabric "Kuspuk" over another fabric dress slightly evident at the bottom. The outer garment has a full head ruff. The girl at right appears to have on two fabric "Kuspuks" or dresses and a fringed fur over-shirt with a large ruff. Both girls wear decorated mukluks. The girl at right holds a traditional "Eskemo Drum" while the other girl holds the traditional drumstick striking the drum from below. Thick tree leaves form the immediate backdrop.
Eklutna, Alaska
People 75
Unidentified, probably Hewitts Photo Shop
Students from Eklutna Vocational School, dressed in traditional clothing, perform a traditional dance .
This photo features nine Native students from the Eklutna Industrial School, dressed in traditional clothing and seated on a large gravel area, watching two other students at left performing what is identified as the "Whale Hunt" dance. Two of the seated students hold traditional drums. Dark heavy forest forms the backdrop in middle ground.
Eklutna, Alaska
