Description: wood; carved; rawhide; glass bead; blue Descriptive Narrative: A rectangular box carved of wood, hinged with thong and fastened with a thong loop to a peg on box. The lid has 2 faces carved on it, one with a large upturned mouth...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows major routes of exploration. From Thomas Jefferys and others, The American atlas. Series: A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and...
Relief shown by hill shading. Section 2 of 3. Working maps for Western Union Telegraph Co. Section 2 includes the northern extent of the Alexander Archipelago (north of the Stikine River) east to Great Bear Lake, north to the mouth of the...
One map on 2 sheets. Shows California as an island; much of the arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain John Wood's coat of arms. Many...
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. Photograph shows two men standing in front of a log cabin. There is a large garden in front of them. A greenhouse can be seen behind the cabin.
Title taken from back of photograph and attached note: "Seated at tea table: Mrs. George Gasser and Mrs. Ernest N. Patty (deceased). Seated in semi-circle from left: 1 - Mrs. Peter Despot 2 ?? 3 - Mrs. Jeff Studdert 4 - Mrs. Joe (Mary) Barrows 5 -...
Title taken from photograph. Time delayed, multiple exposure of the midnight sun as seen in Nome, Alaska. Sunrise was 10 am and set at 2 pm, and an exposure was taken every half hour in between.
Title from accompanying notes. "Rest stop between Camps 1 and 2. It is here where we changed from skis to crampons on each trip between Camps 1 and 2." Several men climbing a trail. They have left their skis, poles and backpack with a...
Title from accompanying notes. "Approaching Camp 2, which was not very far above the rest stop. Climbers in the distance are carrying loads beyond Camp 2." Snow, mountains, and several mountain climbers and a camp in the distance.
Title from accompanying notes. "Camp 2. Accident at rest stop just below Camp 2. The accident was actually a snow covered crevasse. Pepi, Shige, and Nobu were at the rest stop when the snow bridge collapsed, sending them into the crevasse....
Title taken from caption. View of a covered bridge near the Kenai River on the old Sterling Highway in Southcentral Alaska, possibly over Quartz Creek. Also from caption: "Kenai R[iver]." Sign in tree reads: "Fishing prohibited [?]". Photograph...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Northern Railway (now the Alaska Railroad) car number 2 stopped in front of a railroad depot. An engineer and conductor are on board the train car which is stopped next to a railroad depot while other men are...
Title taken from verso. Portrait of Henry Tureman Allen sitting on stool with pipe in Washington, D.C. Also from verso: "Jordan Photographer. 1227 Pa. [sic] Ave. Washington, D.C. No. of negative 8984." From border of photo: "Jordan. 1227...
Title taken from verso. View of the Lacey Street Theater on the corner of Second and Lacey Streets in Fairbanks, Alaska. The building was built in 1936 in Art Deco style; a large vertical neon sign on the corner of the building reads "Lacey St"....
Title taken from slide mount. View of Portage Glacier and icebergs in southcentral Alaska. Also from slide mount: "10-2-55." Oct. 2, 1955. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
Title taken from slide mount. View of Portage Glacier and icebergs in southcentral Alaska. Also from slide mount: "10-2-55." Oct. 2, 1955. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
View of mountains looking north between Point Spencer and Nome, Alaska. From slide mount: "M[oun]t[ai]ns to North betw[een] Point Spencer and Nome 7/2/57." July 2, 1957. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.