These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title taken from caption. "9191 -- Bound for the Klondike Gold Fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska" Indexer's note: A long line of humans can be seen extended along the steep stretch of the Chilkoot Pass. A camp with stacks of supplies, pack...
This stereograph (or stereoview) depicts six men standing in the snow with a dog team and a sled in front of a tent and log structures in the mountains. It was presumably taken during the Klondike gold rush. The title is printed on the front of...
Title taken from caption. "9286 -- (2) The third day after leaving Seattle, the Arctic travelers found themselves in the midst of the characteristic scenic wonders of the new Northwest, and they reveled in the glorious vistas from the upper...
Title supplied by cataloger. The ship Nanuk, stuck in sea-ice at North Cape, Siberia 1929-1930. At least nine people and a biplane are visible on the ice near the ship. Information taken from book Polar Pilot by Dorothy Page.
Title from verso. A man holds the harness of one of the four horses pulling the U.S. Mail sled outside a log building at Gulkana, Alaska. Several passengers are visible in the back of the sled, bundled up in furs. A sign on the side of the sled...
Title taken from image (handwritten by Thomas W.Benham). View of the U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service cutter "Bear" with steam launch heading out to sea. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from label on matting. View of men working on ship heading to Kake, Alaska through the Inside Passage. Also from label: "It's full steam ahead on the Inside Passage, enroute to Kake, Alaska, for a shipment of canned salmon. The...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission train leaving Anchorage, Alaska for Fairbanks with Shriners on board. Also from front: "A.E.C. H167." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number H167. Aug. 17, 1922....
Title taken from verso. View of line of construction vehicles on ice road in Anaktuvuk Pass in Brooks Range in Northern Alaska headed for Happy Valley and Galbraith Lake construction camps during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 29, 1974....