Title taken from caption. View of Robert F. Griggs trying to cross the Katmai River. In his book The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Griggs states "After working our way to within a hundred yards of the trees in the distance we had to turn back"....
Title from verso. "[The little Eskimo girl in the left foreground watches the big girls board a Polatis porter bush plane at Kobuk.] Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska."
Title from verso. "[Dressed in their mail order catalogue finery, these self confident Eskimo teenagers board a Wien Air bush plane to head south to attend high school.] "Students leaving for school from a sand bar airport of the Kobuk...
Title from accompanying notes. "Sunset and our motel in Dawson Creek. Cold as hell. Got down to -20F and several cars froze their engines. Bus wasn't running to well, so Dawson Creek mechanic, Red, and I worked all night to improve its...
Title from cataloger's notes. Full note reada: "Taking delivery of two twenty-eight passenger beck recliner seat buses at factory in Sidney, Ohio, June 1945. Left to right - Paul Greimann - owner and Steve Neuber - driver. Buses were driven...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Safely at Tanana Crossing Oct 24th, 1919. Jack Singleton[?] and Teddy, David McConnell, Mrs. McConnell, F. B. D., Sam [dog]."
"T.V.R.R. excursion train leaving Fairbanks. Johnson, negative 128, not in stock". Several men stand near the train, dressed in suits, hats, and coats. A business sign visible over the cars reads: "Palmer & Field...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: A stage coach is seen here in front of "Tangleys Road House." The travelers and their drivers are seen posing for the camera. The side of the sled reads "Fairbanks-Valdez Stage."
Title taken from caption. Teikhill Road House. [Photo No.] 135 by Johnson". A winter scene of a few log buildings and horses pulling sleighs full of hay and other supplies. There is no visible sign that this is the road house. The base of a...
Image of expedition members alongside a car fitted to run along railroad tracks. Near Yakutat. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from front. Members of the McCormick Committee gathered on back of railroad car at the beginning of an inspection trip, Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. 1116G." An Alaska...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Lavery's Grocery Store with flags waving in preparation for the Winter Carnival. Caption: It was said during this period of time that two families essentially owned the city. The Lavery...
Three men and two women pose for a photograph along the side railing of a ship. The ocean is in the background. UAF-1968-21-237 is an identical photograph.
Three men and two women pose for a photograph along the side railing of a ship. The ocean is in the background. UAF-1968-21-236 is an identical photograph.
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: The sign on the building reads - "80 miles to the Bank and Store of Al Levy and Co. Valdez. 77 1/2 miles to Hotel St Elias Valdez." Remaining inscriptions are not legible. Men and women are...