Three dogsled teams at Knik. Several log buildings are in the background, as well as the sign of the Knik Roadhouse, and and the Two Girls Cafe. The three mushers are Irving Reed, George Glass, and his seventeen year old...
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 from caption. Photograph of Mrs. Rivenburg and two of her friends on the back of a W.P. & Y.R.R. car. The sign on the back of the car reads 'White Pass and Yukon Route' around the edge and 'Gateway to the Yukon' in center. Narrative in...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Ladies at the Gateway Inn in Glennallen had coffee waiting when the Ft. Wainwright soldiers arrived to begin the first phases of 'Operation Helping Hand' following the Alaska Earthquake...
Title taken from caption. View of a log structure arching over the road into Mt. McKinley National Park. The sign reads "Gateway to Mt. McKinley National Park". Photo taken in Mount McKinley National Park (later called Denali National Park and...
Title taken from caption. View of a crowd gathered for the Fourth of July celebration held 1898, in Dyea, Alaska. Dyea was known as the Gateway to Chilkoot Pass, and once rivaled Skagway as the largest town in Alaska. Dyea declined rapidly after...
View of group of Shriners wearing suits and hats standing in a line under a log archway at Mt. McKinley National Park (later called Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. Wooden sign on archway reads: "Gateway to Mt. McKinley National Park."
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Unalaska’s principal street, with Sears & Roebuck-clad Aleuts approaching the sign." Street view of Unalaska showing several wooden buildings and three residents walking along a gravel street past a welcome...
Postcard shows townspeople at dock with ship docked alongside, Seward, Alaska. Advertisement on verso reads: "Coleman Hotel, Geo[rge] Sexton, Prop[rietor]. Seward, Alaska. Seward, "the hunters' paradise". Come to Seward, the terminal of the...
Title taken from front. Postcard shows view of baseball game between teams from Seward and the cruiser "Maryland", Seward, Alaska, with spectators. Advertisement on verso reads: "Coleman Hotel, Geo[rge] Sexton, prop[rietor]. Seward, Alaska. Seward,...
Montage of five photos on front of postcard advertising the economic opportunities in Knik, Alaska. From top left card on front: "Knik is easy of access, has well stocked stores, school, church, hotels, is gateway to the mining region. Excellent...
Three children next to Riddleford School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "This community is quite stable; its member consisting mostly of guides, trappers, fur (fox & mink) farmers, and Bureau of Public Roads men....
Descriptive Narrative: Playing cards (all original 52) and leather case. White Pass & Yukon Route. Different scenes.
History: Gift of Caryl Sale Krug and John W. Krug, 1998. Collected by William W. Sale and Neeta Tobey Sale, residents of Nome,...