(4:39 min.) (02 of 28) 2. Early years -- parental influences Father flew in World War I [WWI] and after war, he bought Navy surplus flying boat and flew on the weekends. His mother also got interested in aviation and they flew weekend tours...
5 maps on one sheet. From Encyclopaedia Britannica, ninth ed., vol. XIX, Plate 2. Components: North circumpolar chart -- South circumpolar chart -- [Arctic islands of Canada and west coast of Greenland] -- [Smith Sound region] -- [Spitzbergen and...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Aerial view of docks and military post area, Shemya, Alaska. From front: "2CS4MA - Shemya Alaska. 33-7-16-1500-12-100000 - Docks & post area (secret)." From information with photo: "Shemya, Alaska. Docks and post area (secret). Breakwaters and...
ASL-MS004-2-3b-5
Item 5
(acc. # 10213)
Physical description: [68]p.
Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975
The following are stitched together as one booklet.
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Celebration of Statehood - July 4, 1959. Gathering at Juneau Library. Description: Flag raising ceremony, a line of young women in pastel dresses, a brass band, balloons, a photographer on top of a car in the foreground. Photographer's number 2.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.