Title taken from the back of photograph. Note with photo. "A young girl named Dorcas". Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.
Title taken from the back of photograph. Note with photograph indicates that the man is demonstrating position to harpoon a whale. Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.
Title taken from the back of the photograph. " Seal skin pokes and walrus skin swings ". Cataloguer's note: The grils are playing on the swing, as the suspended sealskin hangs overhead.
Among the indigenous people of Alaska, the seal...
Title taken from the sign on the building. Cataloguer's note: The "dam" road house seen here to the right. A group of travelers and their animals seem to have just arrived or are getting ready to depart. Photographer's number D 79. It is...
Title taken from verso. Full title on verso reads, "First silo in Fairbanks district perhaps in all Alaska, built by J. F. Hielscher, fall of 1905. Lumber cut and matched by Noyes' Mill = Tanana Lumber Co. Iron bands by Barrack Blacksmith...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction near Franklin Bluffs construction camp on North Slope in Alaska. Also from verso: "Background is the Franklin Bluffs [camp]. Note pipe storage area." July 10, 1975....
Title taken from verso. Construction crew working on bridge pier at bridge construction site at Yukon River during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Also from verso: "Note heater tubes to plastic to aid in curing the cement."...
Title taken from verso. Lettering on planes, left to right: N.R.A.B. [Naval Reserve Aviation Base] OAKLAND 2, U.S. NAVY, 9487; N.R.A.B. [Naval Reserve Aviation Base] OAKLAND 5; N.R.A.B. [Naval Reserve Aviation Base] OAKLAND 4
Title taken from verso. Men sitting in chairs reading in front of fireplace in USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with another man visible in left background. Also from verso: "Moose head above fireplace. Some raptor on mantle. (Note leaning...
Title taken from verso. Mr. and Mrs. William Greene standing in front of telegraph office at Broad Pass, Alaska. Mrs. Greene was the only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time. Photo was taken just after President Harding's death (note...
Title taken from verso. Mrs. William Greene, only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time, stands in front of telegraph station at Broad Pass, Alaska. Also from verso: "Worked as agent 4/11/21-4/30/41. Retired as ag[e]nt at Healy - 4/30/41....
Title taken from verso. Note on verso (no date): The Jesse Lee Home, Seward, Alaska, a Methodist orphanage, still carries the camouflage paint which was applied during World War II when this area was believed to be in danger of attack by the...
Title taken from verso. School teacher's house in Unalakleet, Alaska, with child standing in doorway, garden in foreground, and windmill on roof. Also from label: "Note flower and vegetable garden in foreground." Photographer's number 8248. July(?)...
Title taken from verso. Service men wait in line to enter canteen in USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, while other men and two women (one holding a cat) sit on couches in foreground. Also from verso: "Note the skin and the walrus head on the wall,...
Title taken from verso. Verso: Main Street Todd Alaska. Note the four people- Three in sight one around the corner. See the box. See the wheelbarrow. See the two story skyscraper- store bldg and mess house. See the flag and electric wires. Note by...
Title taken from verso. View of concrete covered pipe being heated before being buried during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction at Sagavanirktok River on North Slope in Alaska. Also from verso: "Note concrete coating approx[imately] 6" thick."...
Title taken from verso. View of Eskimo dancers performing walrus hunting dance in northern Alaska, with spectators in background. Also from verso: "These masked Eskimo dancers are doing a walrus hunting dance. Note the masks have representations of...
Title taken from verso. View of oil drilling operation at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska at beginning of Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Also from verso: "Note the pingo at left." A pingo is a mound formed when ice expands during refreezing of sediments in a...
Title taken from verso. View of Sigurd Wien landing Noorduyn Norseman 6 to 8 seat airplane loaded with DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line radar equipment at Cross Island, Alaska, with man standing in front of log and sod hut. Also from verso:...
Title taken from verso. View of styrofoam heat protection on footing for Trans-Alaska Pipeline bridge over Gulkana River during construction in Southcentral Alaska. Also from verso: "Note styrofoam heat protection for permafrost." March 26, 1976....