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1964 Betty Jo Goddard's Ambler Photos
Dog yard on the beach in front of Ambler, oil barrel dog house,
Maude Cleveland bruning the quills of of a porcupine before skinning it to cook.
Dan and Joyce Denslow setting out lunch on a gravel bar of the Kobuk River.
Inside of the Ambler church. oil barrell wood stove for heat, wooden pews.
Joyce and Dan Denslow in front of white wall tent. Ambler River in the background, small wood stove beside the tent.
Cabin built with vertical split poles, cache with ladder, firewood rounds in the yard
Mabel Cleveland with a mid-summer catch of Chum Salmon. Mabel stands by the drying racks erected to hang fish to dry.
Mamie Cleveland with gathered birch bark for basket making. Birch Bark is stored in the siglok (storage cache).
Kobuk River with Jade Mountains in background.
Joyce and Dan Denslows tent camp on asandbar.
Joyce and Dan camping on sandbar
Maude Cleveland by fish racks near Kobuk River
Joyce and Dan Denslow by a village cabin. This log cabin is typical of village housing of this time.
Joyce Denslow with friend (likely Betty Jo Goddard) displaying a catch of fish.
1964. Ambler, Alaska. Olive and Mark Cleveland, Ambler Village residents displaying handcrafted birchbark baskets.
Two boys playing by dogsled in front of Kobuk River in summertime.
Old style house with garden in front, Perhaps the Foxglove's house. Ambler in summer.
Fish nets drying on racks along the Kobuk River in front of Ambler
Three beautiful girls with assorted footwear. Summer in Ambler.
Dan Denslow on beach in front of Ambler. Bucky Bee in the background anchored to shore.
Joyce Denslow with Maude Foxglove cutting fish to dry on the beach in front of Ambler.
A photo of Kobuk River from above the post office.
1964, Ambler Alaska, Children, fenced garden and high cache in the background
Joyce Denslow with friend (likely Betty Jo Goddard) displaying a catch of fish.
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