Title from caption. Photograph of fur buyers and traders on the bank of the Yukon River near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left are many thousands of dollars worth of fur spread on the beach. In the spring as soon...
(7:03 min.) (06 of 27) Alaska Road Commission II
Commission members lived in Alaska, but had to get funding from Congress. Later got funding from the Departments of Commerce and Interior. Head of the commission was Richardson, a personable...
(3:24 min.) (24 of 24) 24 Barge runs Barges were difficult to bring into port, had to judge waves and tides just right. On one trip to Unalakleet, men, women and children off-loaded supplies. In the 1940's the people of Unalakleet wanted...
12 min, 19 sec film clip, color/silent. Senators Ted Stevens and Pete Domenici speak and take testimony at a committee hearing on high energy prices. The first witness is Lee Raymond (Chairman, CEO Exxon Mobil Corporation).
8 min, 12 sec film clip, color/sound. Senators Ted Stevens, Pete Domenici, and Lisa Murkowski speak and take testimony at a committee hearing on high energy prices. The first witness (continuing from part 1) is Lee Raymond (Chairman, CEO...
Title taken from caption. "Cadzow's Outfit Headed For Rampart House on Porcupine River About 1910. These Scows were Poled and Lined Upstream For Several Hundred Miles. Dave Wallis, Ft. Yukon, on Sweep."
View of six women in Fairbanks, Alaska sitting at a table, with ashtrays, several packs of cigarettes, a pair of white gloves, pads of paper, and two newspapers sitting on the table. The headline on the newspaper reads: "Khrushchev Takes Tough...
Title taken from photo album. Group of women and children with goods to trade sitting by fence next to government building in Sitka, Alaska. Goods include woven baskets sitting on blanket at right. 1891.