Title taken from verso. Several Haida families, circa 1912. Individuals in photo are as follows: Back row (l. to r.) Matthew Charles, Mrs. Matthew Charles, Paul Morrison, Viola Nicatla Morrison, Suzie (Mrs. John) Brown, John Brown (foster...
The Coleen M. Platner Photographs (ca. 1909-1920s) contain photographs of pioneer children and their families living in Alaska, chiefly Iditarod, Chatanika, Little Eldorado City, and Eldorado Creek. There are also photographs from Nome and the...
One album with 137 photographs of the Deering, Teller, and Nome areas of Alaska. Many of the images are of families living in those towns and of houses and buildings in the area, including interior scenes. Other images include mining activities...
Title taken from caption. "Azoon River Indians". Collector's notes - "Several families in front of their sod houses". Collection note: All photos are in the Yukon River area of Alaska.
Group portrait of families at the Christian Endeavor Church picnic at Ellamar, Alaska, June 14, 1902. The picnickers are formally dressed, with the men in suits and hats. Ellamar was a copper mining camp on the east shore of Virgin Bay, forty miles...
Small school, approximately 12 miles from Petersburg, with one schoolroom below and teacher's living quarters above; in 1931, 16 students were enrolled. According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "The community is composed of eight...
A beach scene at "Bear Camp" way up the Alatna River in September, 1949. The seining set is hanging in the background and on the beach are the medium-sized whitefish divided...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of women at a rummage sale. Additional donor note reads: "The church often received contributions of used clothes, which were in fact helpful to cash-poor Point Hope families. All these contributions...
Title by donor notes. Photograph of women at a rummage sale in Point Hope, Alaska. It appears to have been held in a gymnasium; note the basketball hoop on the wall. Additional donor notes read: "The church often received contributions of...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of a woman purchasing items at a rummage sale in Point Hope, Alaska. Full donor notes read: "The church often received contributions of used clothes, which were in fact helpful to cash-poor Point Hope...
(6:50 min.) (10 of 27) Right-of-way issues
Standards of alignment, grade & bridges. Some were location dependent. Engineers' suggestions and approval process, no requirement for acquiring right-of-way. People always wanted roads to their...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows some large and small building that appear to be part of a community as seen from a frozen river. Caption from album reads: "Koyukuk consists of a store, U.S. Government schoolhouse, telegraph station,...
Title taken from caption. "11540 -- (34) On the lower Yukon and the eastern shores of Behring Sea, the skin canoe and boat are the only native means of transportation. During the open or summer season, when it is desired to make a speedy...
Title by Cataloguer. A group of Japanees detainees are seen some time after their detention. The location is thought to be a detention camp in Crystal City, Texas.
Further information was provided by Ron Inouye, co-investigator on the...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Cushman and Second Streets, flags are hung in preparation of the Winter Carnival. Visible is Lavery's Grocery, Quality Liquors, Mecca Bar and the Empress Theater. Caption: It was said during this...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Lavery's Grocery Store with flags waving in preparation for the Winter Carnival. Caption: It was said during this period of time that two families essentially owned the city. The Lavery...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of the Lavery Building with the following caption: From the left side of this picture, you see the door that leads to the second floor (over Laverys grocery store on the south-east side of 2nd and...