Photograph of the inside of a tent, with a smallpox patient at the Saint John's Mission in Allakaket, Alaska. Visible in this ward are two pitchers, one on a stove, presumably for heating water, some hand towels above the patients head, on a shelf...
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from caption on Album. "The cutting rafts (for salmon)." [Probably part of Big John's Fish camp above Cos Jacket (Coschaket) -- see UAF-1991-46-632 and UAF-1991-46-633.]
Title taken from caption on Album. "Boot hill -- My canoe safely on barge of Steamer 'Yukon' bound from Big John's camp for Nenana." [Probably at or near Cos Jacket.]
Title taken from caption on Album. "Boot hill -- My canoe safely on barge of Steamer "Yukon" bound from Big John's camp for Nenana." [Probably at or near Cos Jacket.]
Title taken from a commemorative monument. "1897 - 1929. Carl Benjamin Eielson was born at Hatton, North Dakota on July 20, 1897. He was educated in the public schools of Hatton and at the University of North Dakota, receiving his B. A. Degree...
Title from image caption Horse pulling long line of freight cars along tracks, a driver sitting on front load; group of men looks on from in front of John's Store and Mohr and Wilkens store; sign on store advertises groceries, provisions and...