Mike Jones, Sally (Jones) McDaniels, Ole Wik playing guitar. Sitting on caribou skin bed matress
Caribou From Joyce
Mrs. Tickett from Joyce
Sasha and Corie playin Lemmi sticks game
Dora Johnson jigging
1966. Ole’s brother Gary (left) and Dan at Katmai national park in 1966.
Tommy Lee from Joyce
Clara Lee from Joyce
Ole & Sasha’s garden
Kobuk River at breakup.
ice block crumbling
Kalle & Willow (Sasha’s photo)
From Joyce
From Joyce
Dan & Joyce’s igloo
Kobuk River at breakup.
Wik’s tent, probably Sasha’s photo
Left to Right: Wilber Mills, Arunya, Ole, Kalle in Joyce’s house.
cranberries
Kalle Wik picking cranberries
Left to Right Joyce, Sasha, Ole, Keith, Kalle, Willow on Keith’s birthday in Anore and Keith’s dome in Ambler
Tommy Lee by SnowTraveler
filling a water bucket from a water hole, Kobuk River. Dora Douglas, a tuk is behind her standing upright.
Clara Lee washing camp dishes by a stream. from Joyce
birch bark baskets sitting on the snow
Art and Dora Douglas 's son
Ambler from Joyce, trail created by the landing airplane, across the frozen Kobuk River, Bucky Bee partially buried under the snow.
early 1960's, meeting the mail plane which landed weekly on a gravel bar in front of the village.
From Joyce -Nellie Johnson
early 1960's Memorial Day picknic at the small cemetary above Denslow's; Cleveland family and Cameron family
Perhaps ken Ross dipping water from the river for drinking and household use
Salmon and roe drying, Buckie Bee, Dan Denslow from Joyce
1963, kids in the Ambler School. Rosa Downey facing on Left, Sugu (Charlie Douglas's son), Helena Lee, Tony Jones, ??, Molly Griest on right. This group did not have a school available to attend for one or two years, and attended lower grades even while more advanced in years.
Dora Douglas with two kids, Maude Cleveland on the right
Ambler Church built around 1962
Dan Denslow cutting rounds of firewood with a chainsaw, in front of a white wall tent.
digging with a shovel
Corie admiring garden flowers
Playing Munumanha on the old Ambler airstrip just above the church in Ambler. Often played late into the night during the summer light. Mabel Cleveland is at bat.
Early 1960's Arthur and Minnie Gray sitting by Dan's airplane, Kobuk river has just broken up with chunks of ice remaining along the shore
Dan Denslow placing frozen blocks of sod on a two person carrier to move it
Kalle in Sasha’s garden
Playing ball in the spring, Harriet Douglas in red jacket, Mercy Cleveland behind her.
early 196x Tickett family. Auarluk on left, Sarah standing with three boys
Amber School with kids playing in the snow at recess
Ambler Garden
Minnie Gray from Joyce
butchering a caribou head
Airplane
Don Williams with dog team, plane floats buried under snow behind, tent cache on the hill above
wall tent
196x Eating together, likely Memorial Day at the small cemetary used by Clevelands upriver from the Cameron house. Olive and Mark Cleveland with kids and grandkids. Also Lorene on the right, Dorene and Richard facing.
Ole left, Dan right standing on their heads in the snow. Wearing snowshoes!
log chinking of moss
aerial photo of the Kobuk River
Don William’s photo (guk) Maude Cleveland burning the quills off of a porcupine,
Shield Downey standing by fish racks
dog race on the frozen river in front of Ambler
Robert Cleveland facing and Nelson Griest on the far right, Mina Gries to left of him Kenny Griest front right, Cindy Williams center front, Mary Douglas ? center back facing camera
Aerial photo of new school in Ambler. The church can also be seen
Dan Denslow standing on a float of his float plane on the river
Town Activity on the ice in front of Ambler at Christmas time, log church on the hill. Willows line the race track. Canvas shelter
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Maude Foxglove fileting salmon to dry, sitting on the ground, cutting fish laid out on grass
Meeting the Wien mail plane landed on the frozen river in front of Ambler, a highlight of the week for which many turned out. Mark Cleveland is second from left.
Dan cutting firewood with a chainsaw
Joyce and Dan camped on a sandbar
Dan's first airplane , Champ, after a snow storm. Parked on the river in front of their house. Denslow house on the house.
Dan Denslow and Betty Jo ?? in tent
Dan Denslow cutting wood in the snow
Dan Denslow butchering a freshly hunted caribou on tundra
Freshly hunted caribou being butchered on river rocks near the river. Wilbur Mills on the right ?, Molly McCammon on the right ?
Arrunya, Seth or Kole Alvin, Willow, and Kalle outside of Anore and Keith's yurt tent
setting a trap
Freshly hunted caribou being butchered to cool and be taken back home by dog sled. from Joyce
ski racing
Rein and Heidi from Rein, butchering caribou on the river bank overlooking the frozen Ambler river
ski racing
Trees being cut and trimmed. Fur parkas and fur mukluks being worn, Mark Cleveland facing camera in fur parka with wolf ruff, Charlie Douglas on the left
caribou being butchered, use of an ulu, caribou hide lauing out to dry near by
Playing dodge ball at spring camp 1974, L to R: ? Aim, Sasha, Corie, Kalle, Alvin, willow, Seth, Anore, Kole.
Corie Denslow by sled
Pam Ross, picking cranberries
aerial photo of a herd of caribou on snow
Carie Uhl
Dan Denslow's second airplane on the left, and one other tied down on the frozen river. Two snow machines near by.
aerial photo of a herd of caribou on snow
aerial photo of a herd of caribou on snow
Dan Denslow in the cockpit
Denslow's airplane tied down on the frozen river.
fueling the airplane at dusk or dawn, Dan Denslow
airplane on floats, Joyce tying down the plane to a drum at river's edge just after break up
Mary Williams with puppies in a dog yard
Rein’s picture of Oliver Cameron and Sasha Wik stopping for a tea break while out berrypicking
dog team up river
Aireal photo of caribou running in a herd on the snow
Tommy Douglas sitting his his store near the cash register. Minnie Gray purchasing someting
Aireal photo of Oliver Cameron's work shop and homesite on the edge of Ambler.
Griests potato farm along ambler river
Dorene and Mara
Moose
Mike Sheiber? Chris Todd?
Ambler beach from Joyce
Lula Sheldon, Dan Denslow, Maude Foxglove in front boat, Joyce toward stern of the boat behind (Joyce and Dan;s boat) and an unknown person with her.
Keith Jones and family in boat
Don Williams with dog team, plane floats buried under snow behind, tent cache on the hill above
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Anore’s photo on plane going to noatak with Tuva
Ambler, fish nets drying, from Joyce
Haloween at Wiks
from Joyce
Caribou hunt by boat. Kobuk River in the fall.
Wild mushroom near caribou lichen.
Blackberries, blueberries, cranberries
Moose
Ulus
Mike Jones, Sally (Jones) McDaniels, Ole Wik playing guitar. Sitting on caribou skin bed matress
Caribou From Joyce
Mrs. Tickett from Joyce
Sasha and Corie playin Lemmi sticks game
Dora Johnson jigging
1966. Ole’s brother Gary (left) and Dan at Katmai national park in 1966.
Tommy Lee from Joyce
Clara Lee from Joyce
Ole & Sasha’s garden
Kobuk River at breakup.
ice block crumbling
Kalle & Willow (Sasha’s photo)
From Joyce
From Joyce
Dan & Joyce’s igloo
Kobuk River at breakup.
Wik’s tent, probably Sasha’s photo
Left to Right: Wilber Mills, Arunya, Ole, Kalle in Joyce’s house.
cranberries
Kalle Wik picking cranberries
Left to Right Joyce, Sasha, Ole, Keith, Kalle, Willow on Keith’s birthday in Anore and Keith’s dome in Ambler
Tommy Lee by SnowTraveler
filling a water bucket from a water hole, Kobuk River. Dora Douglas, a tuk is behind her standing upright.
Clara Lee washing camp dishes by a stream. from Joyce
birch bark baskets sitting on the snow
Art and Dora Douglas 's son
Ambler from Joyce, trail created by the landing airplane, across the frozen Kobuk River, Bucky Bee partially buried under the snow.
early 1960's, meeting the mail plane which landed weekly on a gravel bar in front of the village.
From Joyce -Nellie Johnson
early 1960's Memorial Day picknic at the small cemetary above Denslow's; Cleveland family and Cameron family
Perhaps ken Ross dipping water from the river for drinking and household use
Salmon and roe drying, Buckie Bee, Dan Denslow from Joyce
1963, kids in the Ambler School. Rosa Downey facing on Left, Sugu (Charlie Douglas's son), Helena Lee, Tony Jones, ??, Molly Griest on right. This group did not have a school available to attend for one or two years, and attended lower grades even while more advanced in years.
Dora Douglas with two kids, Maude Cleveland on the right
Ambler Church built around 1962
Dan Denslow cutting rounds of firewood with a chainsaw, in front of a white wall tent.
digging with a shovel
Corie admiring garden flowers
Playing Munumanha on the old Ambler airstrip just above the church in Ambler. Often played late into the night during the summer light. Mabel Cleveland is at bat.
Early 1960's Arthur and Minnie Gray sitting by Dan's airplane, Kobuk river has just broken up with chunks of ice remaining along the shore
Dan Denslow placing frozen blocks of sod on a two person carrier to move it
Kalle in Sasha’s garden
Playing ball in the spring, Harriet Douglas in red jacket, Mercy Cleveland behind her.
early 196x Tickett family. Auarluk on left, Sarah standing with three boys
Amber School with kids playing in the snow at recess
Ambler Garden
Minnie Gray from Joyce
butchering a caribou head
Airplane
Don Williams with dog team, plane floats buried under snow behind, tent cache on the hill above
wall tent
196x Eating together, likely Memorial Day at the small cemetary used by Clevelands upriver from the Cameron house. Olive and Mark Cleveland with kids and grandkids. Also Lorene on the right, Dorene and Richard facing.
Ole left, Dan right standing on their heads in the snow. Wearing snowshoes!
log chinking of moss
aerial photo of the Kobuk River
Don William’s photo (guk) Maude Cleveland burning the quills off of a porcupine,
Shield Downey standing by fish racks
dog race on the frozen river in front of Ambler
Robert Cleveland facing and Nelson Griest on the far right, Mina Gries to left of him Kenny Griest front right, Cindy Williams center front, Mary Douglas ? center back facing camera
Aerial photo of new school in Ambler. The church can also be seen
Dan Denslow standing on a float of his float plane on the river
Town Activity on the ice in front of Ambler at Christmas time, log church on the hill. Willows line the race track. Canvas shelter
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Maude Foxglove fileting salmon to dry, sitting on the ground, cutting fish laid out on grass
Meeting the Wien mail plane landed on the frozen river in front of Ambler, a highlight of the week for which many turned out. Mark Cleveland is second from left.
Dan cutting firewood with a chainsaw
Joyce and Dan camped on a sandbar
Dan's first airplane , Champ, after a snow storm. Parked on the river in front of their house. Denslow house on the house.
Dan Denslow and Betty Jo ?? in tent
Dan Denslow cutting wood in the snow
Dan Denslow butchering a freshly hunted caribou on tundra
Freshly hunted caribou being butchered on river rocks near the river. Wilbur Mills on the right ?, Molly McCammon on the right ?
Arrunya, Seth or Kole Alvin, Willow, and Kalle outside of Anore and Keith's yurt tent
setting a trap
Freshly hunted caribou being butchered to cool and be taken back home by dog sled. from Joyce
ski racing
Rein and Heidi from Rein, butchering caribou on the river bank overlooking the frozen Ambler river
ski racing
Trees being cut and trimmed. Fur parkas and fur mukluks being worn, Mark Cleveland facing camera in fur parka with wolf ruff, Charlie Douglas on the left
caribou being butchered, use of an ulu, caribou hide lauing out to dry near by
Playing dodge ball at spring camp 1974, L to R: ? Aim, Sasha, Corie, Kalle, Alvin, willow, Seth, Anore, Kole.
Corie Denslow by sled
Pam Ross, picking cranberries
aerial photo of a herd of caribou on snow
Carie Uhl
Dan Denslow's second airplane on the left, and one other tied down on the frozen river. Two snow machines near by.
aerial photo of a herd of caribou on snow
aerial photo of a herd of caribou on snow
Dan Denslow in the cockpit
Denslow's airplane tied down on the frozen river.
fueling the airplane at dusk or dawn, Dan Denslow
airplane on floats, Joyce tying down the plane to a drum at river's edge just after break up
Mary Williams with puppies in a dog yard
Rein’s picture of Oliver Cameron and Sasha Wik stopping for a tea break while out berrypicking
dog team up river
Aireal photo of caribou running in a herd on the snow
Tommy Douglas sitting his his store near the cash register. Minnie Gray purchasing someting
Aireal photo of Oliver Cameron's work shop and homesite on the edge of Ambler.
Griests potato farm along ambler river
Dorene and Mara
Moose
Mike Sheiber? Chris Todd?
Ambler beach from Joyce
Lula Sheldon, Dan Denslow, Maude Foxglove in front boat, Joyce toward stern of the boat behind (Joyce and Dan;s boat) and an unknown person with her.
Keith Jones and family in boat
Don Williams with dog team, plane floats buried under snow behind, tent cache on the hill above
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Shield Downey standing by fish racks