Sign for Earthquake Park, where huge tracts of land slid into the Inlet during 1964 Alaska Earthquake, in Anchorage, Alaska. Seal with totem pole and Alaska flag at left. Sign reads: "Alaska Purchase Centennial 1867-1967. Earthquake Park. 'And...
Title taken from note with photo. "Turnagain area Anchorage following the Alaskan Earthquake 27 March 1964." An Alaska Army National Guardsman straddles a crack in the earth. In the background, slanting trees and houses stand on the shifted...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 5 seconds, MPG-1 format. Polar-orbiting satellites can orbit the Earth in 90 minutes, enabling them take daily photos of nearly everywhere on...
Mound of earth and other material with what appears to be a chimney and slabs of wood that could be doors. Debris is scattered on the ground near the igloo. Nearby is a log building. A pile of logs and a white house...
Title from caption. Photograph shows three men standing on a pile of earth in the middle of a field of grass; they are using wheelbarrows. Caption also reads: "No. 12. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
54 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a miner hauling wood to feed a steam engine. The steam was used to thaw the frozen ground and enable the miners to chip out the rock and earth. A bucket is seen coming out of a mine shaft and...
Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska in July 1909 and addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Ridgeway, Tex. [Texas]. Written on the verso, "July 17, 09. Dear folks at home, I supose [suppose] you are feeling mean at me for...
Two minute, 39 second, black & white with audio, film clip. This earthquake footage from Valdez, Alaska, shows Valdez Harbor emptying of water and the tsunami rushing back in. The narration describes the event and how the film was...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Greeting card from the Alaska Highway Patrol's 4th division showing the heads of the patrol officers and Mrs. Thorne. Images are identified by last name and placed upon a drawing of Alaska symbols, including a polar bear, a salmon, and a moose. ...
Title taken from note with photo. "Fissure, caused by the Alaska Earthquake Anchorage Ak., 3/27/64". A large crack in the earth is crossed by what may be an extension ladder and telephone or electric lines.
Title taken from back of photo. "Destroyed homes in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". Picture shows a slanted, sunken house where the earth has collapsed, with a soldier in the foreground.
Title taken from back of photo. "A car parked on what is now Iliamna Ave. in the Turnagain area Anchorage AK., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". A view of a road destroyed by earthquake. The car in the foreground and two houses in the...
Title taken from note with photo. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". A house sits level over a fissure in the earth, but much of its foundation has fallen in. An apparent outbuilding...