Three judges standing near table of flower arrangements at 19th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "Two groups of...
Three judges stand near table of flower arrangements during 19th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "Two groups...
View of the Kodiak waterfront in the late 19th century. Three of the buildings have been identified as: a warehouse, behind the large sailing vessel with its sails furled; the Custom House, above the warehouse between the far right masts; and the...
Title from caption. Image shows vegetables on display inside a large wood framed building with a corrugated metal roof. An upper balcony and doors are visible below the ceiling of the building. British and American flags and banners are...
Shows coastal landmarks and routes of exploration. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. "Neele, sculp. …" "Drawn & engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas." Annotated: 74. Hand colored. 48 X 57 cm.
Shows locations of breeding fur seals and hauling grounds in 1873, 1874 and 1890. Relief shown by contours. "Surveyed and drawn, July 19th 1890, by Henry W. Elliott. Includes key. Manuscript map; hand colored. Map of area between "Madison...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title taken from caption. "$750.000.00 in Gold dust ready for transportation over the Fairbanks-Valdez trail." Business signs visible include "Telephone Office", "Fairbanks Banking", and "The First [National Bank]".
Title taken from accompanying note. A portrait of a young woman dressed in a high-collared white dress. Her hair style is reminiscent of those typical in the turn of the 19th century.
Title taken from accompanying note. L-R: Jennie Johnson, Edith Ryan, and Mrs. Wallie Cathcart. All three women are wearing skirt suits, a style which emerged at the end of the 19th century and became identified with the "New Woman", the young,...
View of empty First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska, before preparations for 19th Annual Flower Show presented by Anchorage Garden Club on August 18 and 19, 1962. Truck is visible through front...
Cyanotype photograph of Lieutenant Henry Grant Learnard and his party standing in a boat, making preparations to depart for their exploration of the Susitna River on June 19, 1898. The photograph was taken at Tyonek by Walter C. Mendenhall during...
Title taken from caption. View of many boats, buildings and people on the pier at Juneau. From May's journal, dated May 19th: "About 8 a.m. this morning we docked at Juneau, the capital of Alaska. ...Juneau is by far the nicest town we have seen...
Title taken from caption. Crewmember from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morris holding a bald eagle he'd shot. From May's journal, dated June 19th: "Some of the boys from the Morris came ashore to hunt eagles, but only one of them was successful. The...