(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of a Buick service center after a fire in 1947. This occurred at the corner of 1st and Cushman. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Spectators watch a fire on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska that started at Sylvia Sexton's shop. Firefighters with hose stand on roofs in background. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
Title taken from news clipping. Photograph used in a February 17, 1959 issue of The Washington Daily News. The news paper clipping also had a capion that read: "A push for Washington 'home rule' got under way this morning when two models...
Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
A young man, possibly 17 year old Ophir Glass, poses for this photograph on the wooden deck of a ship. A hopscotch game has been chalked onto the deck. Related photograph: UAF-1968-21-245. A magazine article by Irving Reed...
Title from cataloger's notes. Also from notes: "Pictured left to right - Al Jones - Brother-in-law to Lee Loomis, Clarence C. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Ray H. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Lee B. Loomis, Lucile Loomis - daughter of Lee Loomis,...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of the Stevens Village school and teachers quarters as seen from the frozen Yukon River. An American flag flies above the school. Narrative in album reads: "A winter view or early spring rather of our...
Label on album page reads: "A series of pictures showing the construction of the Gov. R.R. on the north end of the road where construction was started in 1915." Photograph label reads: "In March 1914 an act of Congress gave...
Title by indexer. Photograph shows a collection of photographs illustrating the deaths of Jefferson "Soapy" Smith and Frank H. Reid. The photographs include Smith on the day he died, doctors examining his body, and his gang being rounded up....
Title from caption. Photograph of Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the mail launch. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the N. C. mail launch. She went to Tanana on this launch with Mr. Decker & Mr. Franzell. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of harvesting wheat using horse drawn agricultural equipment. Narrative in photo album read: "At right. Header & header box harvesting crop. Wheat is so short that when heads are cut off only stubble is left. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of smoke rising from a small island (Kinnaw(sic)) after a bombing run. Verso reads: "Smoke rises from fires started by American air and ground forces on the small island of Kinnaw (sic) , off Chicagof...
Title from caption. Image is a postcard. Image shows "The Wreck of the Rock Island". A half-sunken ship can be seen near another stern wheeler and a group of buildings. The photograph on the postcard may be attributed to Albert J. Johnson....