Interior view of a study or sitting room in Seward, Alaska, possibly in the Holland House. Bear hides cover the floor and a fur hangs over a chair. ca. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 3 11/16" x 4 7/8".
M.B. Holland House on Millionaire's Row, Third Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Mount Marathon is in background and dog lays in foreground. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 3 7/8" x 4 5/8".
Kitchen and household staff at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska pose during dishwashing. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." 1946-1955. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 4 7/8".
View of buildings on fire during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire in Seward, Alaska, which destroyed at least 16 businesses in the downtown area. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 7/8".
Dining room, possibly in the Holland house in Seward, Alaska. Furniture includes round table, chair, and side table with chafing dish. ca. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 3 11/16" x 4 7/8".
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 taken from caption. View of totem poles in the village of Tuxekan, Alaska. There is a man exiting the wooden building in the background. Photograph taken between 1890 and 1910. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x 3 7/8".
Four prints joined together to create a panorama of the village of Fort Yukon, Alaska, with the river to the left. There are two large wooden buildings in the center of the photo surrounded by many small log buildings and houses and a dirt road...
Title taken from album caption. Verso: "This is Mom in the Park. Ketchikan, Alaska. 1942." Portrait of Celia "Bunnie" Fairbanks (nee Morden) posing beside a fountain in a park in Ketchikan. She founded the Alaska Oyster Company and owned a...
Title from verso. View of a bar and other wooden buildings in Hyder. They are built on pilings. Sign on the bar reads in part "Traversy's. Hyder. Alaska. Olympia Beer." Hyder is the easternmost village in Alaska. Original photograph size: 4 5/8...
Title from verso. Photograph shows a group of children and adults posing by a trailer at Golden Gate International Exposition site at Treasure Island in San Francisco. A group of eight boys from Presidio Junior HIgh School traveled to Alaska as...
Exterior of the Jesse Lee Home, a Methodist Episcopal Church orphanage and residential care facility in Seward, 1941-1943. Original photograph size: 3 7/8 x 6 1/8 inch.
Title taken from image. United States Army Corps of Engineers company area at Fort Raymond. Image shows a long line of men queued up in front of the mess hall, waiting for their meal. Original photograph size: 2 7/8 x 4 5/8 inch.