Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 31 seconds MPG format. This ornate seabird breeds only on the coast and offshore islands of the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering and southern Chukchi seas. Typically it builds its scant nest of grasses and...
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...
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Shows the Aleutian Islands including Kodiak, most of Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay. "Ispravlena s opisi shturmana Vasil'eva, proizvedenoi v 1829 g. Amerik. Berega ot rieki Kuskokvima do...
"Rabbits were a welcome addition at times to the fare. Although my choice always was moose steaks." Panoramic photograph of a brace of sixteen winter furred snowshoe hare.
Caption: What Happens When A Territory Becomes A State? - In a radio interview with Washington correspondent Stuart Finley, offical representatives of the new country of Ghana and the 49th state of the United States discuss the similaritites and...
Title from cataloger's notes. Also from notes: "Pictured left to right - Al Jones - Brother-in-law to Lee Loomis, Clarence C. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Ray H. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Lee B. Loomis, Lucile Loomis - daughter of Lee Loomis,...
Women in Tanana in calfskin parkas. Names were written on the back of photograph as follows from left to right: Charlotte Nicholia (Helen Peter's aunt), Susie Kennedy...
Title from caption. Photograph of ship 'City of Seattle' as it is passes by sister ship 'Humbolt'. Narrative in photo album reads: "We meet a sister ship of our 'City of Seattle' going south from Alaska to Seattle."
Title from caption in album: "Aug 1 - Ground squirrel at camp". Photograph shows what appear to be a ground squirrel on the ground, although it is hard to see the animal.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 1 - Ground squirrel". Photograph shows what appear to be a ground squirrel on the ground, although it is hard to see the animal.
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas umiaks shuttling cargo from a Navy vessel to St. George. Verso reads: "Five of 16. Last Long Mile -- Although cargo to the Pribilofs arrived at destination aboard a modern Navy transport which also...
Color photo of a man standing in front of 14 bear pelts . Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska on Mar. 15, 1910 and addressed to Mr. Newton Clemons, Medina Co. [County], Devine, Texas. Written on the verso, "Dear...
Edward Mulligan Photograph Album contains 80 images (74 photographs and 6 images clipped from publications). Subjects include streetscapes and views of beach mining at Nome, Alaska, in 1899-1900; the revenue cutter "Bear" and its crew in 1896 and...
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...
Title taken from caption. "9286 -- (2) The third day after leaving Seattle, the Arctic travelers found themselves in the midst of the characteristic scenic wonders of the new Northwest, and they reveled in the glorious vistas from the upper...
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...