This collection consists of twenty 35 mm color slides of pipeline construction, possibly out of the 5 Mile Camp. The images were taken in the summer of 1977 by Bill Lathan, a surveyor for Arctic Surveying. Images include views of the compressor...
The photographs primarily relate to Valdez and the Copper River country during the period 1899-1905. Included are photographs of towns, buildings, camps, social events, mining, packing supplies and equipment, people, and scenery.
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
[Executive mansion in various stages of construction, Juneau, Alaska. July 29, 1912-Jan. 2, 1913. Winter & Pond Co]. (National Archives, RG 121, Series, BCP, Construction of Federal Buildings, 1885-1954.)
A porch on the front of a log building in McGrath, Alaska. From verso: "Unique bird's post porch. McGrath. Where we stopped by airplane to deliver mail. July 3, 1928."
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Charter of Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 3, Nome, Alaska, dated April 2, 1908. Charter shows photo of men sitting around campfire with dogs and sleds, and gives list of members. April 2, 1908. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Cyanotype photograph of Expedition No. 3's camp at Portage Bay (now Passage Canal) in May 1898. The photograph depicts crates on snow and a tent in the trees, as well as men on the beach. Photograph taken by Walter C. Mendenhall during the 1898...