John J. Sesnon Co.'s cable way for landing freight at Nome. 1400 feet long, shore tower 125 feet high, Cassion tower 90 feet above highwater. The largest cable way of its kind in the world.
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "P. 4 OIL. 3 col x 22 PICA. "Moose Creek Test---." Across the model is a section of the future Moose Creek Dam, with the outlet works on the Chena River in the center. Alaskan visitors are watching the flow...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "P. 5 OIL. 3 col x 21 PICA. "Parallel Road---" On the west side of the dam there will be a paralleling access road. 90. 21." Verso is also stamped with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers logo and the...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "P. 4 OIL. 3 col x 22 PICA. Alaskan visitors at single-bay model. At left, Don Thurston of U S Fish & Wildlife Service, then Bill Bradfield of the Lab staff, Lab Director Pete Smith (hands in pockets), and John...
Title from cataloger's notes. Verso reads: "Photo 3 - Page 3. 50%. #64. 90%." Image shows girls swimming in Harding Lake. Two of the girls are wearing bathing hats. Cabins are faintly visible behind them on the lake shore. Several of...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Stevcen's Village school that burned. This one is Theodore's cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Steven's Village school that burned. This one is Albert's cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Stevens Village school that burned. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken after our fire. We were trying to...
Title from caption. Photograph of a grain harvest. Narrative in photo album reads: "Reaper & header box wagon. I worked during one season driving 3 horse team on one of these wagons & pitching the load off on a stack. Temperature 90 degrees...
Title from caption. Photograph of steamer at dock. Caption reads: "S. S. Santa Anna at treadwell dock Alaska the treadwell quartz mine is the largest in the world 90 miles from Skagway." Indexer's note: It is impossible to determine if...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Major John W. Thaxton, right, and Airman 2nd Class Jim Deveno of the 5040th Transportation Squadron, are unloading boxes of donated disaster supplies from an Air Force truck. The goods were collected to aid the harder hit...
Verso: Bob Harwood, city council member of Nome (second from left) delivers address at dedication ceremonies of the Federal Aviation Agency's Flight Service Station, held last Saturday in Nome, as a feature of this year's Midnight Sun Festival. He...
Title by cataloguer. The Seal is seen lying down on a patch of grass with a raised head, and looking straight ahead. His thick black fur glisens in the distance.
The Northern fur seal can spend up to 22 months in the sea, and ocean....
Title taken from caption. "Tough going mi 176 west of Nelson." Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a narrow and steep dirt road that is almost at 90 degree angle. Note: The car at the bottom of the climb looks as though it is going to attempt...
Title taken from caption. "P 90 View of Kester Ave. and Front St. Nome Alaska". Drug store, baths, and mining supply stores, man standing on right sidewalk. [Signs read "P.A. Peterson Harness & Shoe Shop", "W.L. Blatchford & Co.", "City...
Title taken from donor's caption. "At Tonsina 90 miles from Valdez. The spot we selected for our camp was in a small grove of spruce trees at the head of a deep valley where two glaciers came down out of the towering mountains. We built a large...