Title taken from verso. View of house, fence, and trees in damaged Turnagain neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after Marhc 27, 1964 earthquake. Knik Arm is visible in background. 1964. Photographer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Title taken from verso. View of destroyed Turnagain neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after March 27, 1964 earthquake, showing worst damage closest to waterfront. Ruins of log house with moose antlers still attached are in foreground, while...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
"Two generals -- It is easy enouth [enough] to recognize General Pershing, but the business-like man in flying togs talking to him is Major General Charles T. Menoher, Chief of the Air Service, just returning after...
Japanese soldiers, Attu Island, Alaska, during World War II. Photo among those later found on Attu after its capture by the United States. From front: "Attu, 1943." 1943. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
Title by indexer. Image shows two men in winter gear and goggles poking wooden poles in the snow. A shovel and snowshoes are nearby. Image is part of a collection of Lindley-Liek Expedition photos, documenting activities of the men after...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] --Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from caption. "Two weeks after landing". Notes from the collector - "Supports for the cabin and sternwheel have been attached". Collection note: All photos are in the Yukon River area of Alaska.
Title taken from back of photo. "U.S. Army Alaska Band [214th Army Band] and National Guard officers trying to get to their feet after being knocked down by the quake which was still continuing as this photo was taken at Camp Denali, Ft....
View of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stacking sandbags to prevent flooding near Girdwood, Alaska, after March 27, 1964 earthquake. Land in Girdwood area sank after the earthquake, so flooding from Turnagain Arm waters occurred. March 1964....
Title taken from headlines. Front page headlines from Dec. 7, 1941 extra edition of Kodiak Mirror in which United States declares war after Pearl Harbor bombing. Includes notice of blackout on Kodiak Island, Alaska for that night. From verso:...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows
Ralph Wien standing next to a Stinson Detroiter airplane. Caption above photograph reads "Fairbanks - After Minchumina 1927". See also UAF-2010-50-348. Original size is: 5.5 in. x 3.25 in.
Lambert, Theodore R. (artist). Size: 15.5 x 19.5 in. Medium: Oil on canvas Yup'ik Eskimo grave markers on the bank of the Kuskokwim River include items of the deceased, including a rifle. Grenold Collins was a long time friend of the artist and,...
Photograph of the USS Juneau at dry dock. Probably just prior to commissioning. The USS Juneau was sunk just after the battle of Guadalcanal, only 10 of her crew survived. Five of the dead from this ship were the Sullivan...
View of a vacant lot in downtown Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes men, a bulldozer, a fence, cars, and a sign on a storefront which reads, partially - ((K)oslowsky's Store Men.
View of Valdez, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Sign on building, left, reads, Pioneer Hall. Sign on building, right center, reads The Valdez Earthquake Bugle. Image also includes cars and trucks.
View of a woman and a truck in the Valdez, Alaska area after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Sign at the bottom of the shed reads Valdez Glacier Streams for Next Mile. Sign near the top of the shed reads Firewood. Image also includes a trash can...