Name/Title
Eskimo Whiskey-related Item, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/381Description
Eskimo Whiskey-related Item, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of barrel-shaped object with pipe protruding from side. Object not described so unable to know the size of object or its use. Text below is continuation of explanation of whiskey-related problems with these Indian tribes.
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 79D3, W. H. Case
Cont'd from photo 59 or 29
have tasted it, say that it is vile stuff and from t\he way the Indians go crazy under its influence haven't but the slightest doubt that it is vile. The question of whiskey peddling has always been a hard one to deal with among the natives, but the brewing of their own hootch is responsible for more of their troubles than the whiskey that they get from the whites, and it is much harder to stamp out, because it is almost impossible to watch them in their own community, where they are isolated from the whites, and there are no white officers to watch them. $18.00 (80I)
(5835)Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
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Whiskey, AlcoholismSearch Terms
Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"