Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
Title from caption. Postcard of the Christmas Eve, December 24, 1912, sunset at Fort Gibbon, Alaska at -40 degrees F. Sunset took place at 1.20 P.M. Narrative in photo album reads: "Note that sunset was rather early."
Title from verso. Photograph of Japanese military forces landing on an Aleutian Island. Verso reads: "Tokyo -- Japanese troops are raising their flag after the landing in the Aleutian islands, according to the original caption...
Group portrait photo of a woman wearing a crown and robe sitting down with men standing around her. Sitting in front of her are women, and a man dressed up like a jester. Postcard is postmarked from Ruby, Alaska on Dec....
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf showing five steamships. An advertisement for Moore's Wharf Co. is attached. Caption reads: "Moore's Wharf Skaguay Alaska 4 years after completion. July 4th 1904 date of this photo. No. 1....
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
Title from caption. Photograph of a wedding dinner. Caption reads: "The wedding supper of Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Kern at Skagway Alaska. No 1. The Bride - Mrs. P.E. Kern, No 2. - the groom Mr. P.E. Kern, No. 3 - J.B. Moore (myself) No. 4 -...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Insets: [North America showing Alaska's location in relation to the United States] -- Diagram of the Middle States. Text on verso: "Province of Canada, no. 1. Alaska, late...
(4:25 min.) (01 of 28) 1. Early years -- Grandfather's influence. Grandfather was involved with early aviation and meteorology. Grandfather flew in a balloon from St. Louis to New York in 1908. They almost landed on Long Island. ...
Title by cataloguer. Names were furnished by Hilda Stevens. Front row (l. to r.): 1. Liza Luke; 2. Old Moses; 3. Rachel Jacobs; 4. Selina Pitka; 5. Katherine Peter; 6. Esther Peterson; 7. Old Stephen; 8....
Title taken from back of photograph. "35 mm Neg 72 - 14. Cataloguer's note: Two men in full academic robes can be seen standing in front of a tall sign that reads 'Dedicated Sep 13, 1922, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.' The...
Title taken from front of photograph. "A.A.C.S.M (Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mine), Alaska Champions 1927 - 1928. 1. Dr. Bunnell 2. Don McDonald 3. Johnny Smith 4. Ted Loftus 5. Howard Romig 6. Mr. Abel 7. Sam Moyer 9. ? ?....
Title taken from caption. "Copyright, 1897, By Keppler & Schwarzmann J. Ottmann Lith. [Lithography] Co. Puck Building New York". This color cartoon drawing/poster captures a large man towering over a mining site while digging and seemingly...
Title by cataloger. Northern Consolidated Airlines crew members loading or unloading cargo containers. One box bears the letters "NCA"; the other, "KPC". Two employees, in uniforms with the words "Northern Consolidated Airlines", appear to be...
Title from top of graph. At left: "A weather chart showing the coldest wave ever felt in the history of Dawson. To whom it may concern: These figures, covering the winter months of 1905 and 1906, were taken from the official records of the...
Title from accompanying notes. "16 April. Camp 1. My green sleeping bag airing out on the left. Behind Camp 1 (to the upper right) is Mt. Miyazaki (the name we gave to this unclimbed peak in honor of the Deputy Mayor of Kobe, Japan). Several...
View of a sign in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Sign reads - Earthquake Specials - All Shook Up - .70; Small Tremor - .80; Penney from Heaven - .85; Good Friday - 1.00; Continued Tremors - .95; Clorox on the Rocks - .90;...
Group photo of Peter L. Ferry family standing in front of Alaska Railroad locomotive number 1 in Fairbanks, Alaska. From verso: "Aug. 1929. Ferry family, Fairbanks, Alaska - First train in Alaska. James, Catherine, Frank Diener with Patrick,...