Verso: Ceremony commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the transfer of Alaska to U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard stands in front of a group of Tlingit, U.S. Navy sailors and civilians during a celebration of the anniversary of the purchase of...
Title taken from verso. Fur trader and buyer Ed Shepherd wearing fur parka, with polar bear skin rolled and tied after purchase during trip to Kivalina, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." March-April 1958....
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...
Title taken from image. Side view of building with school at left, background. Inscription in image: In 1910 Congress made provision for the erection of a $200,000 Public Building at Juneau. A site embracing an entire block in the heart of...
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...
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
A print from the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska Purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and...
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,...
(3:01 min.) (03 of 12) Ada studying Statehood Packets Hawaii -- Statehood for Constitutional Convention; State Constitutions -- compared all articles; Treaty -- Russia and the US; purchase of Alaska -- 1867; Article 3 -- Alaskans could choose...
Title taken from caption. "9206 -- (23) In 1897 Dr. J. Jones commanded a lucrative practice in Evanston, Ill., and Mr. G. B.Winter was one of the successful grocers of the same city. About this time the instigator and promoter of Klondike Gold...
Title taken from caption. Mayor George Sullivan, Kathy Weltzin, and Avis Cupples stand in front of building during Arbor Day ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska, while another woman looks on a left. One small potted tree sits on retaining wall behind...
Sign for Earthquake Park, where huge tracts of land slid into the Inlet during 1964 Alaska Earthquake, in Anchorage, Alaska. Seal with totem pole and Alaska flag at left. Sign reads: "Alaska Purchase Centennial 1867-1967. Earthquake Park. 'And...
Title from note on verso. Note reads: "AaNA Convention, Sitka, Alaska, June 1967. Centennial Purchase Year. Nurses Uniforms - 1860-1920 worn by nurses of AaNA Mary Richards, Bernadette Knight, Jean Frank, Eugenia Ohls, Doris Southall". The...
Title taken from verso. Fur trader Ed Shepherd examines rolls of oogruk (bearded seal) skins before purchase at Kotzebue, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." 1958. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size:...