View of welcome sign at Bettles Field, Alaska. Sign reads: "Welcome to Bettles Field, Alaska. 66 [degrees]-54' N. 151 [degrees]-31' W. 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population 51. Elevation 665'. Lowest recorded temp[erature] Jan. 1947 -65...
Title from caption in album: "May 2 - S.W. from highest Peak of Bear Draw - Up [illegible] Divide at right - McKinley was clear, but does not show". Photograph shows snow covered mountains and a river valley.
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Mt. Foraker viewed from Denali Pass (2nd highest peak in the Alaskan Range and 6th highest mountain in North America - it's on the opposite side of the mountain from our...
Title taken from caption. "The sun at its highest point on the shortest day in the year. Noon Dec 21 - 98. From San Jose cabin." Photographer: P.S. Hunt, photo No. 106.
Cataloguer's note: Hunt had lived in San Jose California for eight...
Exhibition: ASM 7-8/70 Descriptive Narrative: A certificate presented by Mathew Murav'ev, Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company, to Matvei Naushketl, a Tlingit chief. The certificate was given along with a silver medal "Soiuznye...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Pages 14-15. On verso: (pg. 16) "Western Hemisphere" w/longest rivers and highest mountains (Mt. Logan & Mt. McKinley are missing); (pg. 13) "Greatest Mass of Land and Water," projection with the...
In 1925, Norman H. Read (1891-1992) was part of the first expedition to climb Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America. Read returned to make a second ascent of the mountain in 1950, at the age of...
Title from caption. Photograph of a trestle bridge on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad known as The Steel Cantilever Bridge. Narrative in photo album reads: "One of the highest railroad trestles in the world on the Y. & W. P. R. R. Taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of Seattle as seen from Puget Sound. Narrative in photo album reads: "View of Seattle from Puget Sound, in left main part of city, L. C. Smith Bldg, highest building west of the Miss. River at the right."
Title from caption in album: "Dec 18 - McKinley from west ridge this from top of highest dome north". Photograph shows a snowy mountain top with a little vegetation in the foreground.
(3:05 min.) (10 of 12) Ideas discussed at the Convention; common wealth; discussions -- Convention; counties versus boroughs; counties -- corrupt form of government; double taxation; Local Government Article -- last article; members attitudes;...
(03 of 09) 3. Coal; constitutional convention Coal was needed in Fairbanks and was shipped to Korea. Les believed that he was in the middle in terms of political knowledge. He believed there was some political maneuverings to make Bill...
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE 5-4250) Seattle, Washington For the ship whose crew brought her...
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE 5-4250) Seattle, Washington May 6, 1965 For bringing their ship...
Title taken from text. Album caption: Bridge across a troublesome glazier (glacial) stream 12 miles below McCallum. Highest ground now where the trusssed span was built three years ago. The damaged section of the bridge result of glazier water...
Title from verso. "[Lake Clark Pass, one of the few passes through the tumultuous icy Alaskan Range of which Mt. McKinley is the highest point. Six reindeer were transported each trip. One trip the plane was unable to get through after flying 8...
Title from accompanying notes. "Pete. The 'Twa Harpies', the highest unclimbed peaks in Alaska and the principal mountains we'd come to climb, are in the background." A man in red parka, sunglasses, holding an ice pick is posed in front of...
View of the starting point of the 1966 Fur Rendezvous sled dog race on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. The highest banner reads: "Pepsi-Cola Scholarships at State Finals, Miss Alaska Pagent, West High Auditorium, February 25 - 8:00 PM, An Official...