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.
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.
Photographer's number S.49. Salmon Creek Dam; designed by Lars Jorgensen, chief engineer Harry L. Wallenerg, was the first true constant-angle arch dam. It is 168 feet high and 648 feet across. Completed in 1914. Alaska Electric Light and...
Relief shown by hill shading. Section 1 of 3. Working maps for Western Union Telegraph Co. Section 1 includes much of British Columbia and Alberta, including Vancouver Island, east to Deer Lake and north to Ft. Simpson. Stamped on verso...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 18 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. Paul Bodfish makes an incision through the center from the belly on up from below the...
Title from caption. Photograph shows the mess house, hospital and commission cottages in Nenana, Alaska on June 27th, 1917. Caption reads: "No. 49. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.". Compare with UAF-1989-166-619-neg nitrate.
Title from image. Photographer's number C.49. Alaska Electric Light and Power Company (AEL&P), Juneau, acquired the Alaska - Juneau Gold Mining Company properties, including their photographs of the mining operation, construction of Salmon...
Title from sleeve. Dilapidated two-story wooden building with small bell tower on roof. Logs piled in yard. Photographer's number: 9 2081 49. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Small wood shingle house in Hope. Other wooden structures visible in background. Chugach Mountains in distance. Photographer's number: 7 3219 49. 2 1/4 B&W negative.