Title by cataloger. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg seated, reading a book. Narrative in photo album reads: "Pictures of myself and Mrs. Rivenburg. The ones with beard were taken in 1912, early spring."
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
A crowd of children and parents await the third annual visit of Santa Clause to the Chisholm & Hall Books and Stationary, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also visible is the First National Bank Office, and a dogsled team.
Color photo of four men standing in front of a log building. One of them is holding a gold pan filled with gold. Man to the extreme left has a pipe in his mouth. Postcard is addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Devine, Texas,...
Title from caption: "No. 1 above Discovery Cleary Creek, Alaska, Fairbanks mining dist." Written on front of postcard, " Showing mode of dumping the buckets of gravel which is taken out of ground. Sluice boxes on troughs are laid at side of...
Written on photo, "Mrs. Elvira Stubbins - Mrs. J.N. Sour; Miss Amelia MarryMe - Miss Edna Simons; Deacon Wheezy - Harvey Wentz; Peleg P. Gelep - Ward Estey; David Stubbins - R. Lynn Smith."
[Governor Egan presents Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Clarence L. Anderson with a Bancroft "History of Alaska" upon Anderson's retirement.]
Title from donor notes. Jim VanStone reads a comic book, surrounded by Christmas decorations. Additional donor notes read: "Anthropologist Jim VanStone embarassed at being caught reading a comic book."
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Jim VanStone with Chrismas decorations and gifts. Additional donor notes read: "Dr. James W. VanStone spent a year, 1955-56, at Point Hope. His book, 'Point Hope: An Eskimo Village in Transition' was...
Title by indexer. Photograph of several people standing outside a door to St. Thomas's Church. Bishop William Gordon is visible and Rev. Cox is just inside the door. A young girl is holding a biblical comic book.
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Full note reads: "Log cabin church in Shungnak. They are singing from a hymn book in church. L-R: Charlie Douglas, George Cleveland, Gene Lee Sr., Robert Cleveland (?), Arthur Douglas.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Book title: Journal of Tomas de Suria of his voyage with Malaspina to the northwest coast of America in 1791 / translated and edited by Henry R. Wagner. Glendale, Calif. : Arthur H. Clark...
Title taken from caption. "The Chief Ankaiui of Port Mulgrave".
Book title: Journal of Tomas de Suria of his voyage with Malaspina to the northwest coast of America in 1791 / translated and edited by Henry W. Wagner. Glendale,...
Title taken from caption. "Pira y sepulcros de la Familia del Cacique An-kau en el Puerto Mulgrave (ano 1792). Image is a drawing of a forest scene. There is a large totem (aproximately 20 feet high) in the center; men in western...
Title taken from caption; engraving pages page 658. "Natives of Prince Williams Sound". Drawing of two native men. The portraits show them with nose rings, labrets, earrings and shoulder-length hair. The man on the left is wearing a cloak...
Ttile taken from caption; engraving faces page 699. "Canoes of Oonalashka." The engraving shows two kayaks. The top picture shows a kayak with two paddlers, each with a single-bladed paddle. The men are wearing water-proof gear and...