Title from cataloger. Photograph of passengers on the Cottage City (Ship) travelling to Alaska. They are standing in front of a lifeboat. Narrative in the album states: "The view below is of a small part of the passengers on the 'Cottage City',...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Esaias George walking on the banks of the Yukon River just below Stevens Village. Narrative from album reads: "Above is Esaias George on the village bank of the Yukon in early spring. He was our favorite...
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of an elevated cache with at least four dogsleds stored for summer. Hung higher and to the right side of the photo is drying meat. Also visible are at least two canoes. Narrative in photo album reads: "An...
Shows land and sea routes from Seattle to Alaskan destinations. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: [Routes from Prince William Sound to Fairbanks, Alaska]. Illustrated with cartoons and captioned with humorous notes. Map is 52 x 72 cm.
Title by cataloger. Photograph of farm equipment on an experimental farm in Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album reads: "All scenes on the U. S. Experimental Station. Main objective was to develop a wheat which would ripen hard enough to...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "The jeep got a lot of summer use, even [left center] when the engine didn't work. The younger male Point Hopers who had been away from the village were enthusiastic but inexpert drivers. ...
(3:53 min.) (05 of 12) Experiences working towards Statehood; Senate of the United States; arguments for and against Statehood; Statehood Bill passed -- June 30th, 8 pm 1958; American -- Alaskan; worked towards Statehood -- no blood shed;...
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Hand colored. "The interesting discoveries made by British and American ships since the first publication of this chart in 1784, together with the hydrographical materials, lately procured from...
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. View of Ales Hrdlicka and Sidney Conner photographing a slate sidewalk. From May's journal, dated June 22nd: "In the afternoon I came across a slate flagstone walk, which the Doctor wanted exposed. This took considerable...
Title taken from caption."Alaska Nellie" Lawing posing in front of her cabin. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "Near the dock where we landed there is a home owned by one Nellie. I found out that Nellie is a well-known Alaskan character. Stolfe...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Unalaska’s principal street, with Sears & Roebuck-clad Aleuts approaching the sign." Street view of Unalaska showing several wooden buildings and three residents walking along a gravel street past a welcome...
Three children wearing fur trimmed kuspuks sitting in doorway of post office in Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska. Child at right holds "Cracker Jack" box. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer...
Group of ivory carvings made at Nunivak Island, Alaska, including figurines (one of walrus), letter openers decorated with seal figures, and crochet hook decorated with fish figure. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled]...