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...
Mayor Elmer E. Rasmuson, Vi (Mrs. Gordon) Green (in blue dress), members of Anchorage Garden Club, members of Girl Scout Troop 126, and others planting a tree in downtown Anchorage, Alaska to celebrate Arbor Day. May 1965. Original photograph size:...
Verso: This tree stump at Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska is all that remains of what must have been a mammoth tree that was sheared off at the onset of the last ice age. As the glacier receded the stump appeared as a reminder of the dramatic...
Photograph shows salmon drying on a six tier high rack made of tree trunks and possibly tree branches. The rack is double sided, an A-frame shape. Various grasses are surrounding the rack, and continuing off to the...
Title taken from caption. Anchorage Mayor George Sullivan (at right) and others plant memorial tree during Arbor Day ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska, with buildings and vehicles in background. May 29, 1975. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 3 1/4".
View of four children planting tree during Arbor Day ceremony with spectators at right in Anchorage, Alaska, while another person stands in right background with camera. May 16, 1988. Original photograph size: 3" x 4 3/4".
A man and two women stand in front of a log cabin, with a pile of large tree stumps nearby. There is a snowshoe displayed on the outside wall of the cabin on either side of the doorway.
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...
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...
Title from caption. Photograph of a group of children and mothers next to a Christmas tree. Narrative in photo album reads: "Christmas tree party given by Gassers for smaller native children. No half breed children came."
Title from caption in album: "Aug 25 - Cub tied to a tree near camp". Photograph shows a bear cub tied up to a tree with a rope. There is a feeding plate in front of him.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 10 - Cabins of Glacier City". Photograph shows some cabins built on land that has been cleared. Tree stumps and cut down brush can be seen.
Title from caption. This bank protection appears to consist of tree poles lined up on the bank and weighted down with rock bundles. The bridge, a tower used in pile driving, and a tripod are in view.
Title taken from caption "A cottonwood tree buried in the ash. The curious branching shows that it had reached the limits of heights possible under the climatic conditions." View of two members of the expedition with a cottonwood tree. The trees...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic expedition looking up at the roots of a tree lodged high up in the branches of another tree by the "great flood" which was created by the 1912 Katmai eruption. The polished white...
Title taken from verso. View of a group of men in suits standing in foreground, with buildings and recently cleared land showing tree stumps in background, Chickaloon, Alaska.