Title taken from caption. "Pira y sepulcros de la Familia del Cacique An-kau en el Puerto Mulgrave (ano 1792). Image is a drawing of a forest scene. There is a large totem (aproximately 20 feet high) in the center; men in western...
Title taken from caption. "Vista de una Galeria natural de cien de largo y diez de Ancho en la immediacion del Puerto del Descanso en el estrecho de Juan de Fuca." A drawing of trees in the forest on one side and the shore on the other. In...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
View of men standing in cemetery, Valdez, Alaska. From information with photo: (Gravesites)? Marked with names: Adolph Ehrhardt, N.Y., Maximillion Miller, N.Y., August G.H. Schultz, N.Y., Alfred Ellermann, N.Y., [all] died Feb. 28, 1899. W.W....
This is a color postcard with an order form on the back for "the circular tree sprinkler out of Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y." Photo shows a sprinkler watering a green lawn in front of some trees and a brick building with...
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...
Title taken from caption. "Elmira, N. Y. Rorick's Glen Park." A scenery of perhaps a resort, surrounded by tall trees and other vegetation with various lodges, a bridge, and a waterfront. A color postcard.
Title taken from front. View of first locomotive on the Klondike Mines Railway at Dawson, Yukon Territory. Also from front, printed across front of locomotive: "400,545." From verso: "Published by Zaccarelli's Book Store, Dawson, Y.T. Printed in...
Includes two profile sections. Relief shown by hachures. "Drawn by J. Wells, N.Y." "Eng. By Geo. E. Sherman, N.Y." Prime meridian: Washington. McNally's system of geography, map no. 3. Exercises relating to map of Eastern Hemisphere on verso....
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 image. Photograph of a camera club picnic. Caption reads: "Y.M.C.A. camera club picnic at Burro Creek accross Lynn Canal about 2 miles from Skaguay, Doctor Hall (X mark) shooting at a squirrel up in the tree."
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Title taken from caption. " S. P. R. Y. Day Car following out train into Siskiyou. CAL. MAR 19 - 99." Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. 156. Reproduced from glass plate.
Group photo of (left to right) Billie Ferry, Patsy Henderson, and Peter L. Ferry standing in front of building in Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada. From front: "Carcross, Y.T., Aug. 22, 1929. P. Henderson, one of the first to find gold in the...
View of six stern wheelers at Northern Navigation Company docks, Dawson, Yukon Territory. Sign on boat at right reads: "Bailey." From verso: "'Sarah' and 'W. H. Isom' with barges at Nor[thern] Nav[igation] Co[mpany] dock, Dawson, Y[ukon]...
Title taken from front. View of railroad construction site where tracks make a "Y" on the north side of Tanana River in Interior Alaska at mile 415.2. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number A.E.C. No. 12. July 8, 1919....