View of tourist on giant block of ice at Arctic Ocean, Point Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Giant ice cakes are thrust up in pressure ridges on the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow. This photo shows a tourist by one of them. Many visitors this winter...
"Norwood operating the 'giant', Meilandt watching. The spring of 1918 on Jack Wade Creek, in the Forty Mile country. Jimmy Morris one of the miners that I first met there, said these true words 'Mr. Norwood, this gold mining is allright, but,...
Title from image. Photograph of the damage done to the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Skagway, Alaska after an attempted robbery. Caption reads: "Wreck of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Skaguay Alaska, bu a man whose name was unknown &...
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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Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Giant cranes, used to unload cargo at ARCO's East Dock at Prudhoe Bay, stand like sentinels during the long, cold winter of 1969-70."
Title taken from caption. View of a man standing next to a giant cottonwood near Martin Creek. The circumference of this cottonwood was 4.15 meters. The damage from volcanic ash blowing in the wind, loss of leaves and bark, is clear to see. Photo...
Title taken from caption. View of two members of the National Geographic expedition displaying one of the trout they have caught at Naknek River, Alaska. Behind them and to the left is a tent and to the right can be seen the river and part of their...
View of giant U. S. flag hanging on Anchorage's Federal Building. Sign reads: "Founders Day Carnival." From verso: "June 30, 1958" & "Elks 60 ft. flag being lowered from Federal Bldg. Part of statehood celebration, Anchorage, Alaska". Original...
London : Nisbet, [1881?] 432 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. : 20 cm.
The Giant of the North, published around 1881, is a tale about an Eskimo man who serves as a guide to a group of Englishmen as they search for the North Pole
Title from verso. Image shows a large log building with a tiled roof in construction near a forest. Windows and doors are not installed. A pile of lumber sits on the ground on the right side of the image while giant spools are visible on the...
Photograph shows a man operating of Little Giant directing the stream of water at the creek valley sides. Boulder sized rocks have fallen down to creek level.
Photograph shows a shirtless man wearing a hardhat operating a Little Giant. A rainbow has formed in the misted water droplets from the pipe. Rock used as counterbalance for the nozzle partially fill the wooden...
Title from margin notes. Photograph shows people sitting on a float during a Fairbanks Winter Carnival parade. The float is carrying a mock giant gold nugget in a gold pan. The float reads "Pioneers of Alaska" and "Igloo No. 4". Parade...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mr. Ballou directing the nozzle on a hydraulic mining operation. Narrative in photo album reads: "The business end of a hydraulic plant. Pressure is so heavy that the noozle [sic] or 'giant,' is held on a...
Title from verso. Photograph of bombing damage from a U.S. air raid on Japanese forces on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "This photo, released in Washington today, shows columns of smoke rising from Japanese installations on Kiska Island in...
6 min, 22 sec film clip, color/silent. Footage includes: men operating a hydraulic "giant", men drilling thaw points, interior and exterior operations of a gold dredge, excavation by bulldozer and steam shovel, men sluicing gold and scooping...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...