Fur trader Ed Shepherd (left background) and Nathan Noongwook (right background) stand next to sled holding Adventurers Club of New York flag, as last U.S. mail run via dogsled in Alaska prepares to go from Gambell to Savoonga on Saint Lawrence...
Title taken from verso. Man with camera on tripod photographing last U.S. mail run via dogsled in Alaska at Gambell, heading from Gambell to Savoonga on Saint Lawrence, Island. Kayaks up on racks stand in background. From front: "Off to Savoonga...
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...
Title from caption in album: "Sept 24 - Last small ram killed on N. E. slopes of Divide Mt. looking across East branch at South end of Bear Draw mts - or Forks Mountain". Photograph shows the shadow of a hill on a river bed surrounded by...
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Aug 23- Divide across from camp at last branch of Toklat". Photograph shows a landscape of tundra with mountains in the distance.
Title from caption in album: "May 18 - Mt. just north of last showing where I killed two rams Feb. 29". Photograph shows snowy mountains in the distance.
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...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic Society expedition jumping into Katmai Canyon in Alaska, while another member watches. Caption also says: "The last leap in the descent into Katmai Canyon. Although the mountain...
Title taken from caption. View of an empty boat being towed behind the boat that the photo is being taken from, Naknek River, Alaska. In the background the docks and buildings of a cannery can be seen. Caption also says: "Passing the last cannery...