Title from front. Four men with a dog team and sled fully loaded in Seward, Alaska. A stove is lashed onto the back of the sled. 1905-1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2".
Title from verso. Photograph of men carrying fence stakes for barb wire defenses. Verso reads: "U.S. soldiers who have just landed on the Aleutian Island 63 miles from Kiska, tote a mess of [unreadable] stakes for barbed wire...
"Title taken from caption. "9256 -- (14) There were a goodly number of robust young fellows who undertook this journey to and through the valley of the Yukon in search of the royal metal fully prepared to overcome all difficulties and to get...
Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC postal clerk."
Congress opened hearings in March 1943 on the conversion of the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) into the Regular Army. The WAC bill was signed into law some four months...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Flood plain ice formed from freezing of winter seepage overflow. On Joe Creek about a half a mile below crossing of 141st meridian. July 7, 1912. This ice was not noted in 1911 and seems to...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Flood plain ice formed from freezing of winter seepage overflow. On Joe Creek about a half a mile below crossing of 141st meridian. July 7, 1912. This ice was not noted in 1911 and seems to...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Flood plain ice sheet on lower Clarence River about 17 miles above its mouth. This is the upstream end of the ice sheet which extends down the valley fully one mile. The bluffs on both sides...
Title supplied by cataloger. Small boat, possibly a motor launch or poling boat in background. Another unidentified man to the right, not fully in photo. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Only one dog is fully visible. Slide printed 4/1981. Slide box labeled, 'Dogs Knik unknow village.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Rectangular hole has been cut in the ice and Butcher is fully submerged in water. Slide labeled, 'Susan Butcher Training.' Slide carousel labeled, 'Old Pictures Misc.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Two fully erected tipis and one tipi frame; one group of five people is centered around campfire and cooking activities; the other group of three men, two in western dress, sit next to tipi in background
Two fully erected tipis and one tipi frame; one group of five people is centered around campfire and cooking activities; the other group of three men, two in western dress, sit next to tipi in background
Notes on verso: Alaska Health Dept. Nursing Division has developed a new "portable clinic" for use of AHN's in itinerant nursing service. Weighs only 11 lbs. fully packed (with delivery packs). Contains 65 items. Can be carried by shoulder...
The collection includes images of a 2,500 mile inspection trip to northern and interior Alaska which Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott (President of the Alaska Road Commission) and R.J. Sommers (Territorial highway engineer) took in 1928.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...