Title taken from caption. Bringing planks of wood onto Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
This photograph depicts Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy lifting a pile of milled planks in the sawmill on the Pomeroys' homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, circa 1973-1976. Roxy's husband, Harold stands on the other side...
Caption reads: "Elite - after storm. 6-13. Nome Alaska - 13." Photo shows wood planks and lumber from buildings as well as barrels strewn about the ground as the result of a storm. A few buildings and two building...
A group of men stand in front of a ship on wooden planks with a barrel in front. Two men rest their legs on the barrel. Photos UAF-1985-122-110 to UAF-1985-122-121 seem to be of the same people about the same time.
Men are working to unload what looks like large pipes for mining or pipeline work from a small ship onto planks, then onto land. Photos UAF-1985-122-110 to UAF-1985-122-121 seem to be of the same people about the same time.
Title from verso: "Unloading Model AA Dump Truck Spring 1929". A car appears to be rolling down planks off of a flatbed rail car. In the back, a building reads "Ray C. Larson [Lumber Co.]", which places the photo in either Kanatak or...
A truss bridge under construction. The surface is not yet built, and planks of wood extend from girder to girder to make a walkway. What appears to be a pile driver stands at the end.
Title from verso. Two captions on the verso read, "Fort Davis, 3 miles from Nome - from Snake River Bridge, Andrews, Photo 1927." and "Ft. Davis - Nome, 1927, C.L.A., abandoned 1917." Image shows a view of a military housing unit across a...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of two men whipsawing lumber. Narrative in photo album reads: "Here are two views showing the Indians whip-sawing limber. By this laborious method they produce planks for flooring, boards for building the large...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of two men whipsawing a log into lumber. Narrative in photo album reads: "Here are two views showing the Indians whip-sawing limber. By this laborious method they produce planks for flooring, boards for building...
Title from caption. Photograph of the cabin that the Rivenburgs lived and taught in after the school house burnt down. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is the cabin in which we lived after our fire. Where the log projects was a...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
50 second, color with audio track, film clip. The clip shows the use of plastic foam planks in road construction in Alaska. The clip is taken from the movie "Rendezvous with Destiny".
Title by cataloguer. A group of students seem to be amused by what is happening. Three students among them are wearing sacks over their heads; others are holding planks and sticks. It's not clear what game they are playing.
Title by cataloger. Water pipeline in narrow valley of a river. The line is topped with planks of wood made for walking the length of the pipeline. In the distance, a wooden bridge is build on top of the pipeline where it appears to cross the...
Title by indexer. A woman in a cap and an older man are seated on wood planks, seemingly inspecting animal hides. The woman holds a book in one hand an a pencil in the other.
This photograph depicts a man standing on a beach on Kodiak Island in front of two Grumman Widgeon airplanes. The plane on the left has its front wheels in the water and has the writing "N58832" written vertically on its tail. The plane on the...
This photograph depicts Harold and Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy's house on their homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, circa 1973-1976. In the foreground is a pile of wooden planks and other debris. Harold Pomeroy is...