Title by cataloger. Photograph of garden. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left is the garden produced by these workers showing the potatoes in bloom. These people never knew vegetables until introduced by white men. They are very...
Title from caption. Photograph of a woman called Old Eliza with a log cabin in the background. Narrative in photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first morning, before...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Old Eliza walking in Stevens Village with a log building in the background. Narrative from photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first...
Title from caption. The student body of the Stevens Village school with a flag hanging behind them. Notice the rifle mounted on the wall to the left of the photo. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Below is a flashlight of my school taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Stevcen's Village school that burned. This one is Theodore's cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Steven's Village school that burned. This one is Albert's cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Stevens Village school that burned. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken after our fire. We were trying to...
Title from caption in album: "Dec 20 - Dogs to bring back meat + heads - Bull without horns - McKinley in clouds". Photograph shows dogs and a dogsled amongst bushes and snow.
Title form verso partially obscured. Photograph of Kiska invasion command during a meeting to discuss the final plans. Verso reads: "American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska, vast Japanese stronghold in the Aleutians, without...
(2:37 min.) (01 of 12) Ada's Background and Statehood Nome -- born; education -- Nome; Boston Tea Party -- learned in fourth grade; "taxation without representation"; Statehood; married -- aviation in Alaska; three children -- raised;...
(2:12 min.) (12 of 12) Final comments for the record -- proud of Alaska; working within the government; obtained Statehood -- without revolution; Alaska -- finest state in the Union; delegates -- thinking of the future; resources -- Natives;...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. "11506 -- (35) Some of the sites selected by the prospectors who joined the stampede to the Yukon in 1898 were both picturesque and romantic.
In the view here represented, a cosy spot has been chosen under the...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Moving down from the 11,000ft camp. No rest for the weary. Some climbers will go from the 12,000ft camp all the way down to McGonagall Pass at 5720ft. without stopping for...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Scouting a route across the McKinley River. It was anticipated to take 4 hours, but took 12 hours and we were totally without food (because we expected to be gone only 4...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: A spectacular view of an ice formation -- sheet ice at a steep angle. A woman dressed in beautiful Alaska Native traditional garments, poses while standing on the ice high above ground, almost...
Title taken from caption. "The Anchorage school house, a three-story structure, having all modern improvements. Both a day and a night school are maintained; the day school consists of seven teachers and approximately 300 students, and the...