[Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett meets with America[n] Legion Boys Nation representatives from Alaska during the Boys Nation convention in Washington D.C. William Brewington, Jr., 16, from Anchorage, 3rd from left, and Carlton R. Smith, 17, of...
Title from accompanying notes. There are seven men outside several yellow tents. The wind on the mountains is stirring up the snow in the background. Guy lines for the tents are marked with pink flagging.
Shows Baffin Bay, Melville Bay, Smith Strait, Peabody Bay & Kennedy Channel with corresponding coastlines of Greenland and Grinnell Land [i.e. Grinnell Peninsula]. Senate Ex. Doc., 1st session, 34th Congress ; no. 1. "Ackerman...
Relief shown by hill shading. Cover title: Alaska: through scenic seas to the land of the midnight sun. Inset: [Grand Trunk Pacific railway line from Prince Rupert to Edmonton]. Text and photos on verso are promotional material for Grand Trunk...
8x10 photo. Title from handwritten note on verso. Full note reads:
"L to R Dispatcher Tom Devane, Capt Al Monsen, Oper Mgr Emmer Bassett, Capt S[.]E[.]Robbins Main Mgr Loren Fernald, [Sta. Mgr?] Clark Bassett, [Mail Spur?] Fred...
Relief shown by shading. Photoreproduction, mounted on linen. Library copy on 2 sheets, 52 x 69 cm. and 52 x 55 cm. Stamped on verso: Western Union Telegraph Co. 28.
Published in 1865. Scale is not given ( E127 00 W122 00 N70 00 N45...
Relief shown by shading. Photoreproduction, mounted on linen. Library copy on 2 sheets, 52 x 69 cm. and 52 x 55 cm. Stamped on verso: Western Union Telegraph Co. 28.
Published in 1865. Scale is not given (E127 00 W122 00 N70 00 N45 00).
"Bonus scans: my father's favorite is him in his fur hat leaning oagainst the cowling of the Bellanca on skis. The last one is him in his Pan Am uniform."
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.
"Picture number 3. That's Pan Am's winter uniform up there. We had a seal skin cap and regular navy overcoat and everything. Of course when it got cold we had parkas and everything to go over it."
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Left to right Mrs. F. W. Herms (Emily), Dr. F. W. Herms Sr. and an unidentified man. They are standing in the Assay Office of the American Bank of Alaska (Iditarod, Alaska) in front of $125,000.00 of gold bricks.
Title from verso. Photograph of a gunner watching for enemy aircraft duing the landing of men and equipment on an island in the Aleutian chain. Verso reads: "United States Army troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof...
Title from verso. Military aircraft on Amchitka Island. Verso reads "Occupation of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians provides U.S. airmen with a base only 63 miles from Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Kiska and within 1700 miles of Tokyo. ...
Title from verso. Two men stand with tents along a ridge on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Silhouetted against leaden sea and sky, two American servicemen stand on the snow-covered ground of Amchitka Island occupied jointly by Army and...