Jim and John Jefferies hold a string of black bass between them in Seward, Alaska. Jim Jefferies is possibly James J. Jeffries, the boxer, who visited Seward with his brother John. From front: "100 black bass caught by Jim & John Jefferies. L.N.G....
Title taken from caption. View of small single sail fishing vessel from Ugashik, Alaska. Photo probably taken near village of Naknek. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1918.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip showing the the operation of salmon fish traps. Narration describes techniques and impacts of fish trapping.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a...
Title taken from caption. View of man (Heinbach) holding 25 inch steelhead trout and fishing pole at Anchor River, Alaska. 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from verso. View of fisherman aboard fishing boat approaching Port Benny, Alaska, with fishing nets on boat in foreground. Photographer's number 342. Summer 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size:...
Title from article, published in 1989, about the first officially sponsored derby, held in Juneau in 1947 Note: Dick Harris won the first Golden North Salmon Derby with a 38-pound, 4-ounce salmon
Historical background piece, written for the Juneau Empire by Mary Lou Gerbi and Svend Holst; includes photo of Maggie Hall, who, in 1996, caught a tagged silver salmon worth $100,000
Richard "Dick" Eliason, a Republican from Sitka, served in both the Alaska State House and the Senate, and as mayor of Sitka, where he was a commercial fisherman
Title taken from image. Signs in image: Keep in a cool, dry place; Notice to Fishermen, Office & Store. Verso: Astoria and Puget Sound Pkg Co. Excursion Inlet. Photographer's number 280.
Title from magazine caption An overview of the many salmon derbies held throughout Southeast Alaska, including a list of derbies, from Juneau's Golden North Salmon Derby to the Ketchikan Salmon Derby, and all derbies in between, with...