Two minute, 4 second film clip, black & white/silent, of life in Anchorage, 1915-1917. Clip is in a film newsreel format and shows Anchorage street scenes, the 3 in 1 Laundry, a pie eating contest, some Anchorage houses, the Alaska Labor Union of...
Title taken from verso. Moonlight town scene of Fourth Avenue from west end. Anchorage, 1940's. Shows the Wendler Building and streetlights. 3x4 contact print, 3x4 neg
Title taken from verso. Eve's town shots, Aug 48-49. Anchorage, 1948. Pedestrians crossing G St. in Anchorage. A car is parked by the curb. 4x5 contact print, 4x5 neg
Title taken from front. View of town hall, Wasilla, Alaska, with child walking in foreground. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1930. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
View of Seward, Alaska taken from above town during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Icy debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire is piled along Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Two men and a truck are visible near Brown & Hawkins at left. 1941-1942. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Looking north on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska after the fire of November 23-24, 1941, with men walking at right. Brown & Hawkins and Leo-Bobby Liquor Store are at left. 1941-1942. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Title taken from creators notes. Notes read: "In front of the Model Cafe on 2nd Street. The civilian in the hat was a Swede who serviced the oil heating stoves that kept our barracks warm. Lavery's grocery is seen across the street with the...
McKinley Street, Valdez, Alaska; unidentified man coming out of a snow tunnel. Two buildings, one made of brick with a bay window and one made with wooden siding, and a telephone or utility pole are in the background. A wooden sled is shown to...
Title from verso. View of street intersection in Fairbanks. A crowd of men and women are standing in the street near an unidentified building. Most of them are wearing hats. A large stack of cordwood is piled in the street. A tall pole with...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a view of downtown Fairbanks on the 4th of July. The Cushman Street bridge can be seen in the background. People and automobiles line the streets. Ropes of flags are strung up between buildings.
Title from caption. Photograph shows the waterfront in Nenana, Alaska. Tents and buildings line the waterfront, and men and women can be seen standing about and talking. Caption also reads: "No. 23. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E....
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Fort Yukon Street scene. Visible along the street are many people including men, women and children, a dog and two general stores. The stores are W. E. Phillips General Store, and Horton & Moore. "The...
Title from image. Photograph of a crowd watching the break-up of the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska. Image copyrighted by Alaska Photo View Co. 1907, photo number 10,082.
Photograph of Nome, Alaska 1939 showing a portion of the business district. Businesses visible are Kenn's Bakery, Polet Stores Grocery and Hotel Lincoln. Also visible are several cars and trucks and people.
(6:42 min) (11 of 19) First jobs in Fairbanks W. F. Thompson, editor of the News Miner, interviewed them about the trip Sept 1, 1923. Rented cabin from Pete Steele. Went to church and got a job the next day. Got a job with the N. C. Co. ...