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...
Early cemetery in Seward, Alaska, with buildings in the background. Cemetery is possibly in the area of what is now (as of 2004) between Second and Third Avenues near the railroad. ca. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 3" x 3 1/4".
Lowell Creek running through early Seward, Alaska. Alaska Central Railway office is visible at far right and tents are in the trees at left. ca. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/4".
Title from verso. Image shows an elderly woman wearing a visor and sweater cardigan. Biographical information from the Amelia Hill Photograph Collection at the Alaska State Library states, "Amelia Hill was the resident nurse for the...
The James Edwin Morrow Photographs consist of 121 color transparencies and slides with images of various places in Alaska taken in the early to mid 1960s and in 1971. Subjects include Chicken, Ninilchik, Kachemak Bay, Homer, Kenai, Seldovia,...
Title from caption. Photograph of a group of people near a float plane. Narrative in photo album reads: "An early aquaplane taken on Lake Washington in Seattle in 1910."
Title from caption in album: "July 24 - Mt. McKinley early in the morning from same point". Photograph is very hazy but shows mt. McKinley far off in the distance.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from caption. Photograph of Skagway, August 1899 Moores' wharf at right. Caption reads: "Skagway Alaska, in August 1899. Showing Moores' Wharf on the right (early stage of construction) at Bluff, in construction, also showing "X"...
Title from caption. Photograph of a totem pole in Ketchikan. Caption reads: "One of the finest carved totem poles in S. Eastern Alaskan [sic], situated at Ketchikan. These totem poles represent the history of the tribe that erect them &...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the early Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Narration discusses the use of the sailboats during the time that power boats were banned from Bristol Bay, a ban that lasted until the...
(4:25 min.) (01 of 28) 1. Early years -- Grandfather's influence. Grandfather was involved with early aviation and meteorology. Grandfather flew in a balloon from St. Louis to New York in 1908. They almost landed on Long Island. ...
Photograph of Perry Island still smoking after rising from the sea. Now known as the Metcalf Cone, a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and was replaced by McCulloch Peak. McCulloch Peak also...
Bogoslof Island (left) with prominant Castle Rock outcrop of stone and Fire Island (right) with Perry Island in center erupting. Photograph of Perry Island now known as the Metcalf Cone was a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone...
Five men pose on either Bogslof or Fire Island soon after the rise of Perry Island from the sea. Perry Island, now known as the Metcalf Cone, was a brief addition to the Aleutian Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and...