Elmer Ekblaw Collection of materials from the Crockerland Expedition

Iceberg with hole. People standing on base

Portrait: Inuit man standing in profile. Naked to waist.

Map: Arctic Ocean and Lands

Iceberg with hole. People standing on base

Landscape: Water, low hills, tiny islands

Landscape: "Distant view of house and hill each side of valley ..."

Landscape: Snow on hills, two glacier tongues

Ice foot and hills

Esayoo and Anowee, Inuit couple

Landscape: Snow, hills, patch of open water

Sunrise/set over mountains. Glacier in distance, ice floes in foreground

Sunrise/set. Color reflection on clouds and water

Sunrise/set over water, cloud effects, rotting ice floes

Sunrise/set . Color reflections on clouds

Portrait: Ahl-ning-wa in furs. Head back, laughing

Inuit man in furs. Portrait

Portrait: Inuit man standing in profile. Naked to waist.

Portrait: Elderly Inuit woman in furs.

Three Inuit women and three children in front of tupik [Inn-you-gee-to's family by tupik]

Tah-ta-rah [Taateraaq] sitting naked on muskox fur

Ah-na-we with rifle and several dead Arctic hare

Ahl-nay-ah, smiling, holding louse catcher

Nelle-ka-tee-ah and Nelle-ka sitting outside tupik chewing skins

Ak-komo-ding-wah cutting off meat at his lips

Merk-to-shar, oldest man in the tribe, sittiing on louvered box ...

Inuit man with pipe outside snow igloo.Equipment near

Inuit village: tents, igloos and several dog teams. Clements Markham Glacier

Borup Lodge in winter

Elmer Ekblaw standing by tall rock cairn

Elmer Ekblaw and Inuit man [ Esayoo] sitting on sledge to eat. Tea kettle near

Man by snow igloo working on runners of inverted sledge. Wooden crates near

Man on sledge having his foot warmed by another. Dogs resting near [Minik warming Ekblaw's foot]

Two men working sledge along narrow ice foot

Man at far end of broad ice foot

MacMillan's dog team in harness, waiting to be fed

Dog team running before sledge. Another team beyond

Men and dogs working over pressure ridge

Three dog teams climbing up hillside

Dog portrait

Two kayakers. Ice floes beyond

Two Peary caribou in a museum

Inuit man standing over dead wolf, holding up head

Panikpa holding two dead seals, belly side forward. Dogs near

Dogs attacking a polar bear

Walrus group on ice floe

Muskox herd in defense formation

Ahlnayah with bird net for catching dovekies

Bird on nest. Tringa canutus

Little Auks on talus slope

Dory filled with eggs at Eider Duck Island

Shoo-e-ging-wah [Suakannguaq Qaerngaaq] sitting on rocks, holding wildflowers

Arctic poppies

Poppies, poppy buds, white and pink white flowers at Etah

Eight suns starting at 11 P.M. Smith Sound from Sunrise Point

Inuit leaning over bearded seal. Small iceberg close to shore, beyond

Portrait: Elderly Inuit woman in furs.

Ahl-nay-ah, smiling, holding louse catcher

Nelle-ka-tee-ah and Nelle-ka sitting outside tupik chewing skins

Borup Lodge in winter

Elmer Ekblaw standing by tall rock cairn

Elmer Ekblaw and Inuit man [Esayoo] sitting on sledge to eat. Tea kettle near

Man at far end of broad ice foot

Dog team running before sledge. Another team beyond

Walrus group on ice floe

Muskox herd in defense formation

Eight suns starting at 11 P.M. Smith Sound from Sunrise Point

Eight suns starting at 11 P.M. Smith Sound from Sunrise Point

"ERIK 1876" carved into a rock

The ERIK moored, two canoes at stern

Drawing: The Roosevelt under sail. Smoke coming from smokestack

Members of the Second Fram Expedtion

Drawing: Explorer in western dress suit sitting on rocks and reading...

Portrait: Young man in dress suit [George Borup?]

Portrait: President William B. McKinley

Portrait: Man in dress suit

Portrait: Man in naval dress uniform, standing

Portrait:Robert E. Peary, seated with hand on chin

Portrait: George Borup in furs, head and shoulders

Portrait: Donald MacMillan in furs, standing with dog whip (interior)

Portrait: Donald MacMillan in seal skin parka, knit cap, standing on snow

Elmer Ekblaw seated at a table, reading a letter. Many objects near

Lange Koch (standing) and Elmer Ekblaw (sitting on rock) with dog

Elmer Ekblaw standing on rocks with rifle, knife, binoculars, canteen

Harrison Hunt seated at desk reading. Small flag and books near

Portrait: Maurice Tanquary in furs and big, visored hat

Maurice Tanquary seated in library, reading

Maurice Tanquary at Borup Lodge, seated outside, wearing dress suit

Team member in furs, standing on snow with dog whip. Teams beyond

Team member sitting on tundra wearing straw hat, using binoculars

Team member sitting on tundra wearing straw hat, using binoculars

Man standing on deck of a large vessel

Elmer Ekblaw in furs standing by Borup Lodge

Maurice Tanquary (?) sitting on steps - eating meat Inuit manner....

Maurice Tanquary (?) sitting on steps - eating meat Inuit manner....

Jot Small standing on snow, leaning on rifle....

The ERIK against shoreline. Two small boats at stern - Provision Point

Inuit men and team members constructing Borup Lodge

Borup Lodge under construction. Tupik in foreground

Borup Lodge. Many crates. Tents in distance

Men pulling sledge, loaded with supplies, up to Borup Lodge....

Borup Lodge and tents seen from distant hill. Iceberg remains in water

Borup Lodge, tents and supplies seen from ice-floe-covered water, crate on ice

Tents near Borup Lodge. Eight men at various tasks....

Tents near Borup Lodge. A team member stands by large tent holding large pan....

Two stone igloos

Woman working on stone igloo

Woman working on stone igloo

Two Inuit women working with stones

Several Inuit women and children with a team member outside tent ....

Inuit woman standing by snow bank in front of Borup Lodge

Old Esquimeau woman by stone igloo, holding piece of hide

Inuaho standing by stone igloo. Puppy lying at her feet [from a book]

Ah-ka-king-wa with baby in her hood

Ah-tee-tah with toddler in hood, on the ERIK

Ahl-nah-loong-wa, Navrana and Inuaho standing near Hendrick's house

Two inuit women, foreheads together, lighting cigarettes

Portrait: Inuit women

Arklio and Ooblogah standing by Borup Lodge

Two Inuit women asleep in sleeping bags on the ground

Portrait: Inuit girl

Portrait: Shoo-e-ging-wah [Suakannguaq Qaerngaaq] and white puppy

Shoo-e-ging-wa [Suakannguaq Qaerngaaq] sitting on grass holding flowers

Bare-chested Inuit man flexing arm muscles

Bare-chested Inuit man flexing arm muscles

Nelle-ka-tee-ah with head out of tupik

Rugby at Umanak [Inuit football team]

Small sail boat by shore; three men, Inuit boy on stomach, woman ....

Snow igloo with cloth cover over entrance. Two rifles beside it

Two tents just above ice foot. Inuit man with pipe standing by

"Our tent where we slept" [Ekblaw and E.O.H.] Weighted with large rocks

Large tent. Two Inuit men seated on furs, one using binoculars, one with pipe...

Long view to tent site. Man stands beside it. Tall tripod, sledge with skis

Dog team and sledge near glacier face which has large cave-like opening

Men and sledges at Camp Sonntag

Three men sitting on sledges drinking tea. Teakettle, stove, mugs, supplies

Five men repairing sledge. Dogs at rest in foreground [from a book]

Man covered by furs asleep on sledge

Dog team at rest. Kayak on sledge

Kayaker among many small ice floes

Man carrying arctic hare slung over his rifle

Man carrying arctic hare slung over his rifle

Three men watching iceberg. Each has coil of line on his back

Ah-now-ka (Aunakaq) on his stomach ready to shoot with rifle behind sealing screen

Inuit on one knee, ready to shoot with bow and arrow

Inuit boy sitting among rocks with rifle over his shoulder....

Two Inuit with three dead musk oxen....

Harpoon and killing iron heads, broken down

Polar bear tracks in snow

Walrus at edge of ice (ready to haul out?)

Polar bear sitting among snow drifts

Polar bear walking on iceberg

Polar bear standing on iceberg watching kayaker

Polar bear climbing onto iceberg

Seal hole, detail

Muskox

Three muskox

Dogs waiting to be fed

My Dog Team hitched at Etah [Dogs waiting to be fed]

Ekblaw by tip of grounded iceberg, with dogs

Team and sledge at half distance. Driver is riding

Team at rest

Dogs in front of sledge. A second sledge and driver immediately ahead

Sleeping dogs on snowy hill

Many snow igloos. Dogs and children scattered about

Four eider nests with eggs, seen from above

Arctic tern nest with one egg. "On island near the toopiks."

Nest with three eggs. [Wading bird] Tringa canutus

Nest with three eggs beside large rock

Old squaw nest with six eggs by boulder

Large nest with seven eggs by boulder

Four Gryfalcon eggs on rock slab

Nest with five eggs

Eider nest with five eggs. "Isle near the toopiks."

Loon nest with eggs

Bird on nest [wading bird]. Tringa canutus [red knot]

Young snow buntings in nest among rocks

Snow bunting on rock near entrance to nest

Bird and two young [Tringa canutus, red knot]

[Tringa bairdi] young shorebird - posed by Ekblaw

Young Lapland longspur

Knot

Ptarmigan

Murre on rocks

White-headed bird on rocks

Flock of birds on water

Flock of guillemots on water near iceberg

Flock of birds in the air

Pair of falcons caught and tamed by Ekblaw

Tringa canutus habitat [red knot]

Shoo-e-ging-wah [Suakannguaq Qaerngaaq] sitting on rocks, holding female eider

Cotton grass growing by water

White wildflowers near rocks

South end of pond near toopiks showing 3 zones of bordering plants ....

Pond, toopiks with patches of cottongrass in foreground (eriophorum scheuchzevi)

Saxifrage oppoitifolia. (Note pocket watch placed for size comparison)

Clump of pink arctic flowers

Field of yellow flowers

Potentilla sp.

Clumps of yellow flowers

Dryas integrifolia (and a second plant)

Yellow wildflowers among rocks

Deep yellow/orange daisy-like flowers among rocks

Quadrant of ranunculus [buttercup family]

Dryas - association, N. Oomanaq

Creep (vegetation)

Scenery/vegetation

Icefoot forming

Icefoot forming

Icefoot forming

Icefoot

Brother John's Glacier

Brother John's Glacier

Brother John's Glacier

Cirque

Glacier and frozen sea

Glacier and bank

Glacier face

Glacier face

Stratification in glacier

Creep. Vegetation by ice bank

Iceberg and ice floes

Iceberg and sunset colors over Provision Point

Iceberg and sunset colors

Iceberg and sunset colors

Snow covered hills and iceberg remains

Iceberg remains

Iceberg remains

Iceberg remains. Two men with dory by one. Dog on ice in foreground

Iceberg and ice floes by an island

Pressure ice

Four suns at thirty minutes each over Nerky [Neqe]

Sunset and reflections at shoreline

Sunset and reflections, ice floes

Hills with snow; ice field

Glacier foot and ice field

Glacier and ice field

Broad glacier behind Umanak

Ice sheet, Greenland interiior

Ice sheet and water

Sastrugi at Umanak

Two men climbing snowy peak

Hill on opposite side of Grenville Bay

Cliffs

Looking across Svendrup Pass

Glacier on striated hill. Reflection

Palace Glacier - Crystal Palace. Reflections

Striated cliffs with snow

Stratification in glacier

Distant striated cliff. Snow in foreground

Snowy hills [from a book]

Low cliffs and distant hills [from a book]

Terraces with melting snow

Nivation in Grenville Bay

Nivation in Grenville Bay

Snow covered hills with some striation showing. Ice in foreground

Hills, ice foot and floes along shore

Ice sheet on sea. Rocks in foreground

Umanak and reflection. Two men and house in distance

Scenery

Hill back of North Star Bay

Small waterfall at Etah

Little Julia's waterfall

Glaciers, ice floes, low hills

Sonntag Glacier near Lulunddy

Glacier and bank, detail

Small building in snow

Large ice floe by coastal hills

Etah Fjord with receeding ice and reflections....

Rock ledge, detail

Large sand piles against striated cliffs. Ice floes at edge

View across water to striated hills, with snow

Looking across ice to striated hills with snow

Snowy landscape

Sedimentaries east of Narsasook

Shoreline with snowy cliff [from a book]

Nivation, Grenville Bay

Looking across ice to hills

Hills with rocks in foreground [from a book]

Hills, glacier, boulders [from a book]

Hills, glacier, boulders [from a book]

Cassiope association on a glacial dune

Narrow river in a valley

Solifluction at Etah

Solifluction. Man sitting at left

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction at Etah

Solifluction at a distance at Etah

Solifluction at Etah

Solifluction at Etah

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction

Solifluction. Dog in foreground

Solifluction. Dog in foreground

Solifluction at Etah. Dog at left

Solifluction at Etah. Dog in foreground

Solifluction detail

Small bare tree on horizon

Small bare tree in foreground, others beyond ....

Scattered small bare trees on rolling terrain. Fence posts in foregroun

Wintry landscape with orchard. Buildings and smoke stack beyond

Winter trees on a hill ... Two frame buildings ....

Solifluction at Etah. Dog at right

Small bare trees on hillside. Stone walls

Map. Polar regions showing routes of various explorers by country

Map. Polar regions showing Peary's routes

Map. Polar regions showing MacMillan's routes

Map. West side Hayes Sound

Map: Circumpolar Arctic regions

Dr. Harrison J. Jujt with whiskers on half of his face;...

Ekblaw's botany camp at the head of Foulke fjord

Muckross Abbey from the south

Muckross Abbey [and church yard]

Muckross Abbey

Doorway, Muckross Abbey

Muckross Abbey [garden]

Yew Tree, Cloisters, Muckross Abbey

Muckross Abbey [archway to inner court]

The Avenue, Muckross Abbey

The Choir, Muckross Abbey

The nave, Muckross Abbey

Fireplace in refectory, Muckross Abbey

Through the green hills of Erin - an Irish mountain cottage

Main Street, Killarney

[Carts and horses on] Martyrs Hill

Ross Castle

Eagle's Nest and Tore Mountains, MacCartie Mor's Castle and Lake Hotel

Leenane hotel, Killary Bay

Leenane Hotel, Killary bay

Killary Bay

Kylemore Castle [a.k.a. Kylemore Abbey - see 2011.11.877]

Lough Fee

Lough Muck

Aasleagh Waterfall

Delphi

Dhulough

Lough Nafooney

Carrying turf

Connemara Colleen - Bringin' home the turf

General view of Londonderry

Guildhall in Londonderry

St. Columb's Cathedral

Ferryquay Street, Londonderry

The Honeycombs, Giants Causeway

The Loom and Gateway, Giants Causeway

Dunluce Castle, Giants Causeway

The Stookans, Giants Causeway

Lord Antrim's Parlour, Giants Causeway61

The Eye Glass, Giants Causeway

Horizontal Pillars, Giants Causeway

The Fan, Giants Causeway

Giants Organ, Giants Causeway

The Well, Giants Causeway

The Headlands, Giants Causeway

The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway

Dalarcy's Hotel

The coal of the Country - "Black Turf! Black Turf! Twelve sods a penny" ...

Irish jaunting car.

An Irish fireside

An Irish farm house [interior]

"The decent cot that tops the neighboring hill" [Irish farmyard with animals and family]

Irish Life. Going to market.

Irish Life. Carting peat.

Irish Life. Carting seaweed

Through the green hills of Erin - an Irish mountain home

Through the green hills of Erin - an Irish mountain home

Seymour Street, Lisburn

English Street, Armagh

Scotch Street, Armagh

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh

Roman Catholic Cathedral and Memorial Cross, Armagh

The Observatory at Armagh

The Protestant Cathedral at Armagh

Lower lake at Glendalough

General view Glendalough

Evening [sheep grazing by a stream]

The valley at Glendalough

General view antiquities, at Glendalough

Royal Hotel grounds at Glendalough

[Sheep grazing by] Upper Lake at Glendalough

Country stone church

Farm and landscape

Farms by a lake

Boats on shore of lake

Mounain lake

[Man climbing up] cliff side

Shrine by river, two men in boat near shore

Landscape. Flock of sheep and horse with cart on road

View from observatory of Royal Hotel

Bridge at village of Laragh

Lower Lake at Glendalough

Glendassan Valley

Royal Hotel and grounds

St. Kevin's Kitchen

Areial view of Royal Hotel and area

Upper Lake at Glendalough

Royal Hotel. Cows and sheep grazing in foreground

Avonmore River seen through trees

Upper Lake at Glendalough117

Round Tower in churchyard

Upper Lake at Glendalough

Upper Lake at Glendalough and Upper Valley

Path to St. Kevin's bed, small boat moored

St. Saviour's Monastery, interior area

St. Kevin's bed and chair

Ferry to St. Kevin's bed

Three men at St. Kevin's cross

Aerial view of Glendalough vale and Laragh

Abbey [?]. St. Kevin's Kitchen and tower

Gateway and stone arch

Lower Lake at Glendaloughh

Aerial view of Glendalough

Wells Cathedral clock, detail

Wells Cathedral from Tor Hill

East nave, Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral with Jack Blandiver, bell striker

The swans on the Palace moat at Wells ...

Spot where Lee made farewell address to his soldiers

Washington and Lee University

Wasp Rock Tunnel and the James River

James River Bridge

James River and mountain scene

Old home of Mary Johnston

Main Street, Buchanan

Natural bridge, height estimated 200 feet

Arbor Vitae walk, natural bridge

Lace Water Falls, Natural Bridge

The Hotel, Natural Bridge

Peaks of Otter, Bedford County

Peaks of otter, Bedford County

Peaks of Otter, Bedford County, and village

Sharp Top, Peaks of Otter, Bedford County

Flat Top, Peaks of Otter, Bedford County

Peaks of Otter, Bedford County

Top Rock, Peaks of Otter, Bedford County

The picnic grounds on Mills Mountain

View from the Incline Railway

Winter on Mill Mountain

Mill Mountain

[Crowd on] McAfee Peak, height 3210 feet

Scene on the Roanoke River

Electric search light tower on Mill Mountain

Dam and race, Roanoke Ekectric Railway Co.'s water plant

[Crowds on] Campbell Avenue, looking west at night

Jefferson Street, looking north

Library Building, Hollins Institute

Natural Bridge, Caverns of Luray

Stetson Gorge, Caverns of Luray

Ball Room looking toward Miller's Hall, Caverns of Luray

Midway Entrance Avenue, Caverns of Luray

Saracen's Tent, Caverns of Luray

Entrance Avenue, Caverns of Luray

Collins Grotto, Caverns of Luray

Organ and chimes, Caverns of Luray

The Fish Market, Caverns of Luray

Approach to Ball Room, Caverns of Luray

Hovey Hall, Miracles in Stone, Luray Caverns

Imperial Spring, Miracles in Stone, Luray Caverns

Wet Blanket. Miracles in Stone, Luray Caverns

Coral Spring. Miracles in Stone, Luray Caverns

Christ Blessing Little Children. Miracles in Stonne, Luray Caverns

The Bridal Veil. Grottoes of the Shenandoah

Washigton Statue. Mural Drapery. Grottoes of the Shenodoah

In these marvelous grottoes one beautiful vista succeeds another. Grotoes of the Shenandoah

Treasure House of King Solomon; Queen of Sheba's Pillar. Grottoes of the Shenandoah

Baltimore Cathedral

Confederate Monument

Tourists leaving Annapolis

Large home

Large home

Large home

Garden and pond

Wharf at Mount Vernon

Garden at Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon mansion, west view

Banquet hall, Mount Vernon

Music room, Mount Vernon

Edward V. Valentine [sculptor] in his studio

Portrait of young woman, in profile

Postcard folder with pull-out strip of 12 images. Cover image is St. John's Church, Richmond. ...

Fort McHenry

Shepherd and flock of sheep at Druid Hill Park

Bird's eye view of Baltimore post office and city hall

Walter's Art Gallery, Mt. Vernn Place

Grand Glacier; Pierian Spring - Grottoes of the Shenandoah

Entrance to Weyer Cave, Grottoes of the Shenandoah

General Robert E. Lee Monument

Interior of St. John's Church as seen from Patrick Henry's pew

Confederate Museum, former home of Jefferson Davis

St. John's Church and churchyard, Richmond

Monument to the Confederate Dead, Hollywood Cemetery Richmond

Monument to Winnie Davis

Martha Washington's bedroom, Mount Vernon

George Washington's bedroom, Mount Vernon

Kitchen, Mount Vernon

Barn, Mount Vernon