Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title taken verso. View of men with beards, one dressed as policeman, at Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, with men without beards being "punished" by being put in stocks. Sign on building in background reads: "Headquarters...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg seated at his kitchen table reading a book. Visible behind him is a pantry full of canned food, a plant, and a still life poster. Narrative in album reads: "Here is a flashlight of myself...
Title by cataloger. Photgraph of Lawyer Rivenburg playing a guitar; a United States flag can be seen behind him. Narrative in photo album reads: "Pictures of myself and Mrs. Rivenburg. The ones with beard were taken in 1912, early spring."
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg and a dog, outside of a log building. Narrative in photo album [relating to several photographs] reads: "Pictures of myself and Mrs. Rivenburg. The ones with beard were taken in 1912, early...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg playing a mandolin. There is a flag behind him. Narrative in photo album reads: "Pictures of myself and Mrs. Rivenburg. The ones with beard were taken in 1912, early spring."
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Lawyer and Cora Rivenburg seated in a chair. Narrative in photo album reads: "Pictures of myself and Mrs. Rivenburg. The ones with beard were taken in 1912, early spring."
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg seated, reading a book. Narrative in photo album reads: "Pictures of myself and Mrs. Rivenburg. The ones with beard were taken in 1912, early spring."
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...
Written on verso, "Basil Edwin Clemons is on left." Basil is older here, showing grey in his beard and sideburns. He's wearing a newsboy hat and is holding a wrapped package in his right arm. Exact date unknown. Basil...
Title by cataloguer. A shoulder length black and white photograph of an unidentified man wearing dark glasses and a trimmed beard. The man is well groomed, wearing casual clothes consisting of a black turtle neck shirt underneath an ordinary...
Title from caption in album. A clergyman with long white beard and long robe is facing the camera. The doors to another room are open, there are more icons and church furnishings.
Cyanotype portrait of a man with a beard and wearing a hat in front of a tent in southcentral Alaska. There is a wooden building in the background with a lantern attached to the side. Photograph taken during the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring...
A man sits for a photograph in front of a wooden building in southcentral Alaska. He is wearing a hat, neckware and a vest, and has a beard. Photograph taken during the 1898 Edwin F. Glenn Cook Inlet U.S. Army Expedition. Cyanotype.
Title taken from caption. National Geographic Society expedition leader and botanist Robert F. Griggs clipping his beard at Base Camp, after a season at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 1917. Photographer:...
Title from notes on image Other information on image: Photographer was possibly [J.]E. Peiser, No. 1; photograph was taken by "Flashlight" at "11 P.M."; Soapy was "killed July 8th, 1898"; and "copyright" [was?] "applied for in the U.S. &...