Here is a dramatic image of an Eskimo man, his face framed by the fur of his parka. A studio portrait, the picture alone gives no clues to the date it was taken. This is the traditional style of winter clothing for Eskimos, used from prehistoric times to the present. There is no background, just a cloudy amorphous blotchiness, that has been used in photography from the 1860s to present.

As it happens, though, this image was published, and the copyright date of the publication was 1926, so it was probably taken that year or within a year or two previously. The image comes from the Cann Studio in Fairbanks, Alaska. That studio was open from the 1920s through at least 1939, and probably later. It was owned by Charles F Cann, a native of Estonia, born 15 May 1885, he died in Fairbanks 14 April 1970.