Title taken from image. United States Army Corps of Engineers company area at Fort Raymond. Image shows a long line of men queued up in front of the mess hall, waiting for their meal. Original photograph size: 2 7/8 x 4 5/8 inch.
Title taken from image. Night scene of the fire on 4th Avenue in Seward, November 23, 1941 where almost an entire block went up in flames. People observing the blaze are visible in the foreground, silhouetted by the light from the burning...
Photograph of three unidentified men standing outside a store in Mountainview, Anchorage. Signs on the side of the wooden building read "Mountainview. Groceries. Liquor. Real Estate. Houses. Acres. Lots. Branch Office." Original photograph...
View of the South Seas bar and dance room from across the street. The building has a thatched roof and decorative Tapa cloth panels on the exterior. The name of the bar, "South Seas" is written on the door. A woman pedestrian walks past the...
Looking down at the Alaska Pacific Consolidated Mining Company's operation at Independence Mine. Photograph was taken from an adjacent property. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Interior shot of the South Seas bar & dance room. The roof is thatched with bamboo or cane strips and supported by bamboo poles; a tapa cloth panel is partially visible. Cane tables and chairs fill the room. A large mural showing monkeys on...
Interior shot of the South Seas bar and dance room, Anchorage. A thatched roof supported by bamboo poles hangs over the bar giving the feeling of being in a grass hut. Cane barstools and chairs continue the South Pacific theme. Original photograph...
Interior shot showing the dance floor at the South Seas bar & dance room, Anchorage. The dance floor is surrounded by a raised mezzanine floor filled with cane tables and chairs. Two palm trees are on either side of the entrance to the dance floor....
Round embroidered fabric patch. Design comprises a snarling polar bear head and gold star on blue field. This patch was in use by the Alaska Defense Command beginning in 1943. Object size: 2 1/2 inch diameter circle.
Group photo of 179th Station Hospital personnel based at the Adak Army Air Field in the Aleutians, Alaska from 1943-1945. Original photograph size: 8 x 10 inch.
Military personnel marching in formation down a dirt road past a line of ambulances in Adak, Alaska. Quonset huts and other buildings of the 179th Station Hospital visible in the background. Original photograph size: 3 1/2 x 5 inch.
A group of nurses is marching in formation down a dirt road past officers on a reviewing stand, while the nurse leading the unit salutes. They are taking part in a unit dress parade at the 179th Station Hospital, Adak, Alaska, August 1943 - October...
Title taken from caption. View of child accompanied by dog emptying waste from "honey buckets" in Hooper Bay, Alaska, with buildings in background. Also from caption: "Hooper Bay, AK." Written on slide: "Children emptying slop buckets, Hooper Bay....
Title taken from caption. View of area where waste from "honey buckets" is dumped in Hooper Bay, Alaska. Also from caption: "Hooper Bay, AK." Written on slide: "Garbage bunker, Hooper Bay. 4/66." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. April 1966?...
Nurses from the 179th Station Hospital stand at attention during a unit dress parade on Adak Island, Alaska, August 1943 - October 1945. Original photograph size: 3 1/2 x 5 inch.
A group of military personnel march past a brass band during a unit dress parade at the 179th Station Hospital, Adak, Alaska, August 1943 - October 1945.
A group of military personnel stand and sit on a wooden porch outside a building that has a large sign with the word "Tundarena" on it. This is the Tundarena theater at Adak. This photo was probably sold through the Post Exchange (980-1...
Photo shows a partially completed wooden building with scaffolding around it. Three workers are standing adjacent to the new warehouse; two automobiles and a truck are parked outside. The warehouse is part of the Alaska Pacific Consolidated Mining...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of a little girl in fur trimmed parka. Her mother (left) watches her attentively. Several other children and women are visible in the background. Original photograph size: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch.
Title taken from verso. Close up photograph of two older Inupiat women eating muktuk. The woman on the left is in a fur trimmed parka. Verso: "Muktuk Eating Contest (Seal or whale blubber after a sort of pickling process - the pink is the blubber -...