May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska…….May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Captain Amundsen arrives in Nome, Aug. 31, 1906, on his ship GJOA after 3 years in the Arctic, where he determined the Magnetic Pole and found the Northwest Passage. Photographer's number 5161
Title taken from caption. Full caption reads: "Slim William International Trail Blazer. Alaska to Washington, D.C. 1933." Verso stamped: POSTCARD and contains handwritten text: "Bert Winder From Slim Williams." Slim Williams was a...
Title taken from caption. Group portrait of members of Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland. Peary is identified as being at the top left. George Putnam is identified as being at the lower left.
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...
Title by indexer. Verso stamped: "From Haubell & Company. 536 Lake Shore Drive. CHICAGO, ILL." Slim Williams was a musher, trapper, mail carrier, and adventurer who came to Alaska during the Klondyke Gold Rush. In 1933, Williams made a...
Title taken from verso. Full verso reads: "Slim riding a bucking two-wheeler through the Alaska muskeg. May 1939." Slim Williams was a musher, trapper, mail carrier, and adventurer who came to Alaska during the Klondyke Gold Rush. In...