Title from note on verso: "Eskimo women R. R. work crew of Cantwell section won awards for best maintained section." In an e-mail dated 22 May 2013, Leann Wagerle mentions that these women are Athabascan, not Eskimo. She identifies them: ...
Title from caption. Photograph of an Indian school. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right--school built and maintained for Indians by U. S. Government. All Alaskan Indians must support themselves getting only medical treatment &...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a well maintained house with a mown lawn. The photo has no caption. It was taken of a house at the corner of 5th Ave. and Cowles St., Fairbanks.
The H. C. Barley Photographs consist of more than 200 images of Skagway and vicinity in Alaska as well as nearby parts of northwestern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Barley, the official photographer for the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad,...
The H. C. Barley Photographs consist of more than 200 images of Skagway and vicinity in Alaska as well as nearby parts of northwestern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Barley, the official photographer for the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad,...
The H. C. Barley Photographs consist of more than 200 images of Skagway and vicinity in Alaska as well as nearby parts of northwestern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Barley, the official photographer for the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad,...
(6:03 min) (15 of 27) Road building philosophy
Were the roads necessary? Roads were built to open up the country. Another philosophy pushed for more planning. Permanence of communities was always in question. People still needed...
(6:23 min.) (21 of 24) 21 Purchasing agent (cont.)
Purchasing agent had to fulfill requests in an expeditious manner. Sewick maintained contacts with many suppliers. Sold off some of the company's property. Employees' had first chance to...
Title taken from caption. "The Anchorage school house, a three-story structure, having all modern improvements. Both a day and a night school are maintained; the day school consists of seven teachers and approximately 300 students, and the...
Title from caption. A building is labeled "Alaska Road Commission". Next to it, a sign above the road reads: "Steese Highway; Fairbanks - Circle - Military Highway; Constructed and Maintained by the Alaska Road Commission".
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Photograph of new and old routes showing before widening the right-of-way. Caption reads: At 72 1/2. Looking down Tanana river. Old route - to the right - abandoned here for a straighter, easier built and maintained...
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Photograph of new and old routes showing after widening the right-of-way. Caption reads: At 72 1/2. Looking down Tanana river. Old route - to the right - abandoned here for a straighter, easier built and maintained and...
Title taken from caption. View of a dogsled in front of a sanctuary cabin. Cabins like this were kept and maintained by park rangers as emergency shelter for park users. The photo was taken inside Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National...
View of Peter L. Ferry and Frank Diener standing with car under sign for Steese Highway in interior Alaska. Buildings stand in left background. Sign reads: "Steese Highway. Fairbanks - Circle - Military highway constructed and maintained by the...
Night time view of lighted star on Mount Gordon Lyon, or Site Summit, in Arctic Valley above Anchorage, Alaska, maintained by U.S. Army at Fort Richardson. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. 1973-1974? Photographer: William L. McNutt.
View of lighted star on Mount Gordon Lyon, or Site Summit, in Arctic Valley above Anchorage, Alaska, maintained by U.S. Army at Fort Richardson. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. 1972-1973? Photographer: William L. McNutt.
Title from sleeve. Covered ramp climbs hill to cluster of communications towers maintained by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Administration. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
Title from image caption Six kayaks head for village on Sanak Island; houses and church are visible in shadow along shore; the Alaska Commercial Company maintained a fur trading station in Sanak