Title taken from front. The U.S. Cruiser Maryland arrived in Seward, Alaska with a crew of 810 on July 30, 1912. Naval staff from the Maryland investigated the Alaskan coal reserves while in port. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of a Native Alaskan cemetery with Russian Orthodox Crosses. Some of the graves are enclosed in their own fence and others, like the one in the distance, have several graves within one fence.
Four Alaskan Native women are standing on the beach. The women are all dressed in fur-trimmed kuspuks and mukluks or boots. There are boats nearby on the beach. There also appears to be a cross in the background, possibly...
Image of what may be an Alaskan Native woman wearing a fur parka. "Queen Barbara" may have won or participated in some event or festival. Lomen Bros. was a photography studio in Nome, Alaska from 1908-1934.
Four men stand and sit near a large round banner, possibly the ship's insignia for the S.S. Cleveland. According to the book "Alaska and the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service: 1867-1915" by Truman R. Strobridge and Dennis L....
The steamship S. S. Jeanie floats in the ice floes of the ocean. The S.S. Jeanie was an Alaskan freighter in the early 1900s and ran aground near the coast of British Columbia on December 19, 1913. The photo also has...
A group of Alaskan Native women sit on the ground around what looks to be a campfire for cooking. There are kettles and frying pans on or near the fire. One woman is feeding a baby and two other women look to be carrying...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Compiled from United States and Russian authorities." "Sailing chart T." Annotated with south coast of Alaska and some Alaskan rivers in blue.
Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Attached sheet states: Scene at hearing in Washington, D. C. of Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Aid Expenditures, headed by Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska. Senator Gruening has asked the State Department and Agencey for International...
Verso: Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) meets with two members of the "Spenard Lions," one of the two Anchorage hockey teams in Washington, D.C. this week for the Capitol Invitational Hockey Tournament, just before winning their first game. The...
During the first attempt of flying over the north pole Sir Hubert Wilkins the expeditions aircraft developed problems. Supplies needed for the flight were sent to Point Barrow on snow motors and dog sled. This party developed troubles as well and...