Title taken from caption. Aerial view of an Alaskan Air Command radar installation. From verso: "HQ AAC -- Early warning -- BMEWS Site 2, at Clear, Alaska boasts three AN/FPS-50 fixed detection radars. Clear was the second operational site in the...
Ordinary brown plastic hair combs - prongs are doubled and join together at a point; top of comb covered with hide and beaded. Three rows of seed beads in the following pattern: turquoise, clear, gold, single long blue, one clear, one turquoise,...
From verso: "Miss Miriam Dickey and Captain Lathrop. Miss Dickey is Secretary-Treasurer of the Midnight Sun Broadcasting Company, and is Capt's "right hand man" in all his other widespread enterprises. It was her interest in radio and its...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Beaded wall plaque with loop for hanging; cross and Easter lily done in beading on front; 3.375 in. x 4.75 in. backed with white felt; beaded front done on felt as well; some sort of stiffener in middle. Edged with clear "sparkling" seed beads -...
7.8 cm diameter ring covered with smoked hide and trimmed with brown and clear beads. Eight pointed star motif in middle of ring composed of brown, clear, orange, and aqua beads; a topaz teardrop bead hangs in the center; three beaded tassels...
Bulldozers work to clear debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire in Seward, Alaska. Caption reads: "Seward Fire Nov 23-24. Stephen Rychter." Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Photograph of E.L. Bob Bartlett posing with two Coast Guard Academy Cadets, during a congressional review. The two cadets are identified as Cadet Fourth Class T. M. Gemel, III of Clear (right) and Cadet First Class J. A. Smith of Belleview,...
Title from cataloger's notes. Image has Fairbanks Daily News-Miner property stamp and notes on the verso. Verso reads: "Girl Scout Camp. Harding Lake - 1956. Mrs. Gray (Lola) Tilly. Dips Water. 2 Col." News-Miner stamp reads: When reproduced,...
Shows Northwestern America and the northeastern tip of Asia, including an enormous and prominent false "Mer l'Ouest" as well as a clear North West Passage; based on the rare De L'Isle map which supposedly chronicled the discoveries of one "Admiral...
Title from caption. Photograph of Peter and two of his children. Peter is wearing a beaded jacket and sitting in a chair in front of a log cabin. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Peter & two of his children, the little one adopted. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of Peter and his adopted daughter. Peter is wearing his beaded jacket and is seated on a chair. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Peter & two of his children, the little one adopted. Notice the beaded...
Title from image. Photograph of a sternwheeler on the Yukon River. Narrative in photo album reads: "The clear air often gave rise to beautiful scenic effects."
Title from caption in album: "Oct 3 - Same toward Outside Mt. showing woods + willows frosted - this frost falling in a clear day and gathering on the trees ushered in the winter". Photograph shows a man holding the reins of a horse. The horse...