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...
Verso: This tree stump at Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska is all that remains of what must have been a mammoth tree that was sheared off at the onset of the last ice age. As the glacier receded the stump appeared as a reminder of the dramatic...
Title taken from caption. Anchorage Mayor George Sullivan (at right) and others plant memorial tree during Arbor Day ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska, with buildings and vehicles in background. May 29, 1975. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 3 1/4".
View of four children planting tree during Arbor Day ceremony with spectators at right in Anchorage, Alaska, while another person stands in right background with camera. May 16, 1988. Original photograph size: 3" x 4 3/4".
A man watches while several dogs bark at a treed porcupine at a camp near Seward, Alaska. Another porcupine is in the yard next to the dogs. From front: "Photo by Wild Bill, Seward, Alaska." 1910? Photographer: Bill DeWitt. Original size of...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
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 from caption. Photograph of a group of children and mothers next to a Christmas tree. Narrative in photo album reads: "Christmas tree party given by Gassers for smaller native children. No half breed children came."
Title from caption in album: "Aug 25 - Cub tied to a tree near camp". Photograph shows a bear cub tied up to a tree with a rope. There is a feeding plate in front of him.
Title taken from caption "A cottonwood tree buried in the ash. The curious branching shows that it had reached the limits of heights possible under the climatic conditions." View of two members of the expedition with a cottonwood tree. The trees...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic expedition looking up at the roots of a tree lodged high up in the branches of another tree by the "great flood" which was created by the 1912 Katmai eruption. The polished white...
Title taken from photo album. View of tree growing out of rock at town hall at Sitka, Alaska, with woman standing at left. St. Michael Cathedral (Russian Orthodox church) is visible in background, with cross at top of tower visible above tree. 1891.
Title supplied by cataloger. Large cans are nailed to base of tree. Slide printed 7/1986. Slide carousel labeled, 'Dogs & Don's Ididarod Caf.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title from caption. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg seated on a cut tree. Narrative in photo album reads: "A picture Mrs. R. took just as I was speaking."