Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes.
From a draft announcement: "The Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) Certificate pictured here is to be presented this year to all former members of the ATG who can be located, Governor Egan announced today. The ATG was formed in 1942 after the Alaska...
Note on verso in Russian written by Tikhon Vinokouroff Oct. 12, 1920: On
Kumakh- Surt
120 v[ersts] from Buluna (Siberia)
All [illeg.] "without ceremony"
-- without changing clothes
Sept. 15, 1926
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,...
Relief shown pictorially. Inset: the north part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland. Includes 5 large illustrations and a brief text description of the lifestyle of the Laplanders. "According to the newest and most exacting observation by H. Moll,...
Shows land and sea routes to gold fields. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Cover title: Don't go to Alaska without consulting this map. Issued in cover by Rea & Co., Beef and Pork Packers, Pittsburg, Pa. Prime meridian: Greenwich and...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of two men and a boy wearing winter gear. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Charlie Luke, Dick Williams and Archie Moses. Taken in winter village costume. Notice beaver skin caps, moose skin mittens beaded...