Includes notes and daily records of glacier advance. "In
charge of party: Otto Wm. Geist; Robert E. Lyle, Deputy Mineral Surveyor; Louis Giddings [and] John Cray, Ass'ts." "Drawn by Olavi V. Kukkola, Univ. of Alaska." Oriented with north to the...
Title taken from front. View of very early Seward, Alaska, Resurrection Bay in the background. Railroad tracks are visible beyond the buildings. Also from front: "J.E.T." 1904-1910. Photographer: John E. Thwaites. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x...
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....
Hunters pose with a wide variety of game after the second annual hunt in Seward, Alaska. The following men appear in the photograph: Front row from left to right: Elgin Vaughan, George Sexton, Claude Matson, Frank Cotter, Anton Eide, W. R....
Title taken from caption. A large group of Seward, Alaska men pose for a portrait with their hunting trophies. Back row from left to right: Elgin Vaughan, George Sexton, Claude Matson, Frank Cotter, Anton Eide, W.R. McDonald, Herbert Tozier, Sam...
Title taken from front. View of Seward, Alaska looking north from Resurrection Bay. John E. Thwaites' photographer's mark is on the front of the photograph. 1905-1910. Photographer: J.E. Thwaites. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. Approaching Seward, Alaska. Getting closer to the dock. John E. Thwaites' photographers' mark on front of photograph. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of a homestead at Seward, Alaska, with Mount Alice in the background. Also from front: "Thwaites." 1905-1910. Photographer: John E. Thwaites. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. A harnessed reindeer at Seward, Alaska, with three men partially visible standing nearby. Also from front: "JET." 1908? Photographer: John E. Thwaites. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. The entrance to Resurrection Bay near Seward, Alaska. ca. 1910-1920. Photographer: John E. Thwaites. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. A horse is being loaded onto or lifted from the S.S. Dora in Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "S.S. Dora. Thwaites [?]." 1910? Photographer: John E. Thwaites. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
John J. Sesnon Co.'s cable way for landing freight at Nome. 1400 feet long, shore tower 125 feet high, Cassion tower 90 feet above highwater. The largest cable way of its kind in the world.
Title supplied by cataloger. Election poster showing Sen. John Kennedy in the center with Sen. E. L. Bartlett on the left and Rep. Ralph Rivers on the right.
Title from accompanying notes. Peter Haase looking out from under his backpack. From above hangs a flag reading "Northway Alaska" on the back side and with "[Helen] + John Peffer" hand-written on the front.
Portrait photograph of John Rosswog This was taken when he served as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, held in Fairbanks at the University of Alaska, November 8, 1955 - February 6, 1956.
Portrait photograph of John Boswell. This was taken when he served as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, held in Fairbanks at the University of Alaska, November 8, 1955 - February 6, 1956.