The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - In addition to ferrying Russian aircraft and moving cargo and passengers vital to the war effort, the ATC's Alaskan Division also evacuates sick and wounded by air. The picture shows a hoist equipped with...
Robert Mounteer and Evelyn Haltinen removing a crab cooking basket from a vat at the Alaska-Fresh Crab Plant, Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska. Original photograph size: 3" x 3".
Title taken from information with photo. View of men removing baleen from whale after successful whale hunt at Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, with dog at right near whale and dog with sled in right background. Also from information with...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
59 second, black & white/silent, film clip of hydraulic gold mining near Esther [Ester], Alaska. The men use large hoses releasing pressurized water to cut into a small hillside.
Title taken from caption. National Geographic Society expedition leader and botanist Robert F. Griggs clipping his beard at Base Camp, after a season at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 1917. Photographer:...
Title taken from front. View of concrete piers during construction of bridge over Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 14. Aug. 1, 1922. Original photograph size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2".
Trapper Peter Britch taking dead beaver from trap during trapping trip in Southcentral Alaska. April 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".