The Carl J. and Dorothy L. Aho Photograph Collection consists of seventy-one black and white photographs. Images include aerial views, landing fields, landscapes, aircraft, military personnel, buildings, insignia and dog teams. The images were...
65 second film clip, black & white/silent, of earthquake damage in Anchorage, Alaska.
Visible in this clip are aerial and ground views of damage done to Anchorage by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. The film shows both downtown and...
An aerial view of the head of Resurrection Bay at low tide taken from a mountain on the west side of Seward, Alaska. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Glacier Photo Service, Seward, Alaska is stamped on the back of the photograph. Aerial view of the wreck of the S. S. Yukon (center) and the rescue and salvage fleet near Seward, Alaska. Original size of photograph: 4" x 5".
Includes sailing directions and notes describing the islands of the Aleutian chain. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. At head of title: Pacific Surveying Expedition, Lieutenant John Rodgers commanding. ...
Title taken from photograph. Photo taken from deck of ship. Image shows the Taku Glacier 1910-1912. Written on the page of the photo album is the following text. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Taku Glacier. Postcard shows glacier and the ice that has calved off. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Tanana mail team. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from Alaska and our four years residence there. The...
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. Postcard of Tanana as seen from the tower at Fort Gibbon. The A B [Arctic Brotherhood] Hall is identifiable at the center far right. Narrative in photo album reads: "View of Tanana looking east from the tower in Ft....
The H. C. Barley Photographs consist of more than 200 images of Skagway and vicinity in Alaska as well as nearby parts of northwestern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Barley, the official photographer for the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad,...
Sheldon and Lorena Turner -- Alaskan Survey Expedition Collection contains forty photographs and 1 report relating to the 1932 Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition. The report, "The Land of the Williwaw," was written by Lieutenant R. H. Harrell,...
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...
One minute, 12 second, color/silent, film clip of the sternwheeler Casca operating on the Yukon River. Views include some interior shots of the ship and some nice views of the workings of the wheel.