Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Issued February 1886 … date of first publication, 1868." Stamped in bottom margin: Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Mar. 26, 1894. No....
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "70." Shows Alaska, including the entire Aleutian chain, and neighboring lands of British possession as well as the eastern tip of Asia. In color. Mounted on linen.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "70." Shows Alaska, including the entire Aleutian chain, and neighboring lands of British possession as well as the eastern tip of Asia. In color. Mounted on linen.
Relief shown by hachures, contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. "Astronomical observations, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey steamers C.P. Patterson and McArthur…between 1886 and 1892." "Engraved by Evans & Bartle." "Issued...
Relief shown by shading and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Cover title: Map of the Kotzebue Sound country, Alaska, the new gold fields, including the basins of the Kobuk or Putnam, Selawik and other rivers explored by the U.S. Naval...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Title from image. Faded view of a glacier. Glacier's name given in 1890 due to its rapid melting. It receded more than 1000 yards between 1886 and 1890. It has now entirely disappeared. Photographer's number 235.
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from front. Portrait of Dr. Willis E. Everette, Alaskan doctor, taken in Washington, D.C. From verso: "In memory of our "Alaskan experience!" Willis E. Everette, M.D. June 3, 1886. Wash[ington], D.C." From border of photo: "Johnson...
Title taken from image. Photograph of a student's slate tablet with a handwriting sample and sketches. This photograph may have been made at the request of school administrators for publication, to show the progress that missionaries had made...
Title taken from verso. Portrait of Fred Wildon Fickett and his wife Nellie Lord Fickett. Also from verso: "Married Sept. 12, 1886, Carmel, Maine. Originally picture made b[e]t[ween] 1916 & 1920. Same picture as in 'Ariz[ona] Daily Star' July 13,...
Title taken from verso. Portrait of Henry Tureman Allen sitting on stool with pipe in Washington, D.C. Also from verso: "Jordan Photographer. 1227 Pa. [sic] Ave. Washington, D.C. No. of negative 8984." From border of photo: "Jordan. 1227...