First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Wooden model of fish scoop. The basket of the scoop is made from a thin piece of bent wood with cotton twine webbing woven in a diamond pattern. The handle is a long thin piece of wood attaced to the basket with cotton twine. See remarks field. ...
View of Killisnoo Indian village from the water; boats at anchor; numbered buildings identified on reverse: 1. Government school house & teachers living rooms. 2. Greek Church - Cahtolic, 3. Trading post or store. 4. Salvation army Hall, 5. A...
View of houses near corner of Broadway and Sherman Streets, Valdez, Alaska. From verso: "Left to right, 1. Eagen 1st Debney house, 2. Date then Carvey house, 3. Crary Boys, Carney's then Will Crary's house, 4. Later Bunnell's house, Church...
View of eight girls posing for a photograph on board the ship, North Star, in Alaska. From verso: "Native girls on North Star - going to Wrangell Institute, an Alaska Native Service advanced school." Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x...
vi, [2], 293 p. front, XVIII pl., 2 fold. maps. 28 cm.
"This work is plagiarized from the prof. Sir C. L. M. von Giesecke's Lectures and from Generla Vallancey."--Allibone, Crit. dictionary of English literature, v. 2.
Title taken from verso. View of people standing on front porch at home of engineer and Alaska Engineering Commission Chairman William C. Edes, at Second Avenue and Christensen Road in Anchorage, Alaska. Those pictured include: William C. Gerig...
Title taken from verso. Group of newsboys gathered on porch of building, Skagway, Alaska, with man with black bear at far right. From verso: "L to R. 1- ; 2. Abe Stein; 3. Brick Top?; 4. Orthmez; 5. Cotton Top Jenson; 6. Hawksworth or Al Hofhurst;...
Title taken from verso. Full title on verso reads, "First silo in Fairbanks district perhaps in all Alaska, built by J. F. Hielscher, fall of 1905. Lumber cut and matched by Noyes' Mill = Tanana Lumber Co. Iron bands by Barrack Blacksmith...
Title taken from front. View of first school in Valdez, Alaska, with students and teachers standing in front. Also from front: "1st old City Hall." From information with photo: "1. Alice Liedy - Governor Liedy's daughter (not a gov[ernor] of...
Title taken from front. Aerial view of Kodiak, Alaska. From verso: "Alaska's oldest settlement. Established in 1792. 1. Largest bear in the world are found on Kodiak Island. 2. World famous king crab were first discovered and processed in Kodiak....
Title taken from front of photograph. "A.A.C.S.M (Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mine), Alaska Champions 1927 - 1928. 1. Dr. Bunnell 2. Don McDonald 3. Johnny Smith 4. Ted Loftus 5. Howard Romig 6. Mr. Abel 7. Sam Moyer 9. ? ?....
Title taken from caption. "Copyright, 1897, By Keppler & Schwarzmann J. Ottmann Lith. [Lithography] Co. Puck Building New York". This color cartoon drawing/poster captures a large man towering over a mining site while digging and seemingly...
Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
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...
Typewritten text on recto: "High Tide - 'Anne W.' arrived from Seldovia with one barge. Departed immediately for Seldovia. View shows Dock #2. Arm practically free from floating ice."
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...