Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, gold prospectors headed for Fairbanks taken on the Summit --25 miles from Valdez". Very early one morning we moved our camp over the pass. Heavily loaded, we were late in reaching the summit. Ten...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track. The clip shows the damage done to the village of Chenega by the 1964 Earthquake and the resulting tsunami. This is an excerpt from the film "The Great Land", produced for the State of Alaska...
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.
Title taken from front. View of A Street to the south, Nenana, Alaska, with pedestrians in background and wagon at left. Businesses shown include Cooney's General Merchandise, Cascade Laundry, and Silver Moon Restaurant. An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from caption. "A st. looking south. June 27th, Nenana, Alaska." View of a street in Nenana with pedestrians in the background and a wagon at the left. Businesses shown include Cooney's General Merchandise, Cascade Laundry, and...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of the construction and operation of the Alaska Railroad and early campsite of Anchorage, Alaska. Narration describes the development of the ARR.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of a fish wheel under construction and in operation. Narration briefly describes the process.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative project...
61 second film clip, black & white silent Clip shows gold miners panning, using rocker boxes and sluice boxes. Narration describes small-scale gold mining.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip of the LeTourneau snowtrain. Narration briefly describes the role of the snowtrain in re-supplying the Distant Early Warning [DEW] stations.
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of reindeer herding. Narration briefly describes the history of reindeer herding in Alaska.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the early Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Narration discusses the use of the sailboats during the time that power boats were banned from Bristol Bay, a ban that lasted until the...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip showing the the operation of salmon fish traps. Narration describes techniques and impacts of fish trapping.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clips show the celebrations after Alaska was declared a state. Narration briefly describes the events leading up to statehood.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in...
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. Some photographs...
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.
Text of map: Cruising an aisle of isles. Text, index maps and distances chart on verso. Physical descrip: 1 map : col. ; 61 x 23 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm. Scale not given. Page 1 of 2.
Text of map: Inside Passage of Alaska, an aisle of isles. Text, index maps and distances chart on verso. Physical descrip: 1 map : col. ; 61 x 23 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm. Scale not given. Page 2 of 2.