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...
View of a group of women standing next to a fire department car (ambulance?) in Anchorage, Alaska. Christine McClain is the third woman from the right of the photo. The women are holding small cans that read "Give American Cancer Society" and bags...
View of damage to building on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Large building, background center, is the Anchorage Westward Hotel. Man near center wears a U.S. Army uniform. Signs on buildings, on the right,,...
A group of men with two loaded dog sleds stand in front of the Seward Commercial Company and Jack's on 4th Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Signs on buildings read: "Jack's" and "Seward Commercial Co." Printing on windows of Seward Commercial Company...
Title taken from creator's notes. Notes read: "These bleachers ran down the west side of the pool. On the outside of the bleachers was the big sign that read Swimming Pool." Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
Title from donor notes. Full donor notes read: "John Long playing the treadle organ in the mission-house hallway. (On the wall in background, two bishops of Alaska: one the current bishop, the Rt. Rev. William J. Gordon, Jr., and the other his...
Title from donor notes. Full donor notes read: "Polling place for primary election (pre-statehood, the only national election in which Point Hope could vote): RJC, with election officials and poll-watchers Lenny Lane, David Frankson, Daniel...
Title taken from caption. View of damage from March 27, 1964 earthquake on Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, with man walking in street at right. Car is parked in right foreground, truck is parked in left background, and barriers have been placed...
Title taken from caption. View of businesses along Fourth Avenue after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. View of a National Guardsman (?) walking in street. A car is parked in right foreground and barriers have been placed across street in...
View of damage to buildings along Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes cars, trucks, street signs, light poles and power lines. Visible signs on right read Hub Clothing Co., Alaska Treasure Shop, ...
View of Anchorage, Alaska, tentatively identified as 4th Avenue looking east, after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Building in the distance, near the center of the image, is the Mt. McKinley Apartments at 4th Ave. and D Street. Signs, from the far...
View of Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes buildings, people, a bulldozer clearing debris, street lights, street signs and stores. Sign on top of building, upper left, reads Here it is, the Hunter Bar and Smoke...
View of 4th (Fourth) Avenue at A Street in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Armed soldiers stand on the street. Buildings, cars, a crane, stores and bars, electric lines and street lights are visible. Signs on stores on the...
View of damage to buildings along 4th (Fourth) Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Numerous stores and shops are visible. The tall building in the distance is the Mt. McKinley Apartments. Business signs on the right...
Two men stand amid a collapsed building in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Some boxes not obscured read 401-13 Pastel 12/12/85 Bake Cups Muffin Size Bondware (bottom, foreground). Around the men, some boxes read Stark King...
View of downtown Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Large, damaged building in center is the Penney Building. Signs on storefronts, on right, read Arthur's Jewelry Nugget Shop, Reeve Aleutian Airways, Mary Lou's Cafe, Howard's...