Title taken from verso. View looking south across Kenai Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, at mile 19 1/2 of Alaska Railroad. Photo number 12. Summer 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2".
Title taken from verso. View of Alaska Railroad bridge over Eagle River near Anchorage, Alaska, with log building in foreground. Photo number 68. Summer 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2".
Title taken from front. Sled dog teams line up on Fourth Avenue in front of Brown & Hawkins after bringing a load of gold dust in from the Iditarod gold fields, Seward, Alaska. From front: "1/2 ton gold dust largest shipment ever carried by dog...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Photograph of new and old routes showing before widening the right-of-way. Caption reads: At 72 1/2. Looking down Tanana river. Old route - to the right - abandoned here for a straighter, easier built and maintained...
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Photograph of new and old routes showing after widening the right-of-way. Caption reads: At 72 1/2. Looking down Tanana river. Old route - to the right - abandoned here for a straighter, easier built and maintained and...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Beach along Arctic shore 1/2 mile west from mouth of Clarence River. Taken from the top of a frozen silt bank 20 feet high that marks the upper limit of narrow beach. This bank has drift...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Beach along Arctic shore 1/2 mile west from mouth of Clarence River. Taken from the top of a frozen silt bank 20 feet high that marks the upper limit of narrow beach. This bank has drift...
Title taken from front. View of horse drawn sled on Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction trail, mile 91 1/2, Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G316." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G316....
Title taken from front. View of ranch near Alaska Engineering Commission Railway line 1 1/2 miles north of Matanuska Junction, Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with building in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G566." An Alaska Engineering Commission...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway workers laying track, mile 235 1/2 of railroad, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "Extra gang no. 3 laying track at mile 236, Gov[ernmen]t r[ail]road. A.E.C. G-1404." An...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction crew working on tracks at mile 288 1/2, Southcentral Alaska, with some workers standing on flatbed train car. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1915." An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from front. View of men working on Alaska Engineering Commission Railway tracks at mile 196 1/2 during railroad construction, Southcentral Alaska, with tents at right. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1290." An Alaska Engineering Commission...
Title taken from front. View of snowslide at mile 83 1/2 along Turnagain Arm Division Alaska Engineering Commission railroad during construction on Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. H23." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View looking south at mile 83 1/2 along snow covered Alaska Engineering Commission railroad along Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "H-45. A.E.C." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number H45....
Title taken from front. View of snowslide at mile 83 1/2 of Alaska Engineering Commission railway tracks along Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. H38." Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from front. View of man wearing hat with mosquito netting standing on Alaska Engineering Commission railway bridge over Eagle River at mile 127 1/2 near Anchorage, Alaska, with other men below. From verso: "Eagle River bridge. Soldier...
Title taken from caption. View of crew working on railroad bridge construction at mile 21.5 of Alaska Northern Railway on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number AN8. 1913-1915. Original photograph...