"Bundling Seal Skins". Author unknown. Restoration by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rhododendrites" title="User:Rhododendrites">Rhododendrites</a>.
<p>I came across this image by chance in the National Archives Flickr stream, and found myself drawn to it. I decided to spend some time restoring/editing it.
</p><p>Description of the original:
</p><p>From the National Archives collection "Pribilof Islands Glass Plate Negatives, 1913 - 1921".
</p><p>Exact date unknown, so using 1921 for the sake of this upload (in public domain regardless).
</p>
Creator is listed as "Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries. Division of Alaska Fisheries. 1913-7/1/1939".
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