"Eskimo Scouts received awards Saturday from Alaska Governor William A. Egan (left). Gov. Egan prepares to present the Eisenhower trophy for the state's most outstanding National Guard unit to Sgt. George Whitman, Mekoryuk, representing Co. B, 2nd...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Our rope (Bob & Marie Working, Pete Haase - 1st on the summit & 1st to leave) heading down while others are still coming up."
View of the sign for the 1st National Bank in Fairbanks, Alaska. The sign reads: "1st National Bank. Fairbanks. 66 Temperature". Photo taken in 1967. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption in album: "Aug 25 - Merrifield loading 1st killed looking toward head of Bear Draw N.E." Photograph shows a man and a donkey standing on a hillside looking out over the Alaska Range.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 17 - 1st ram killed - This was the carcass the bear later dragged 300 yards [+] buried". Photograph shows a dead Dall sheep lying in bushes on a mountainside.
Title from caption. Photograph of James Bernard and Captain William Moore's 1st log cabin. Note the wooden shake roof. Caption reads: "Old original log house, first one of any kind constructed by J. BV. & Wm. Moore at Skagway, Ak, in the...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "McKinley as viewed from Oastler Mt. (Oastler Mt. and McGonagall Mt. form McGonagall Pass). Pierre Juillerat (left), Marie Working, & Pete Haase. Note: To the right of Pete's...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Cliff got in at 1:20 PM to make 1st airdrop in fast changing weather. He was gone by 1:35."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Our 1st camp was in a gravel pit (our jump off point for beginning the trek). Marie & Bob Working on left."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "1st camp on the trail. A nice spot with lots of little lakes around. Bob & Marie took a bath."
Title taken from caption. "Snow, June 1st, 1890, in Snug Harbor, Cook's Inlet." Caption in album reads: "35 mm neg. 75-750". 5 x 8 cyanotype (blue) print.
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of the long side of the 1st Baptist Church which faced north opening on to 6th Street. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.