View of the three story hospital building at Unalaska. The flat white area in the foreground of the photograph is a cement tennis court. From verso: "This is the hospital at Unalaska with cement tennis court in foreground. Apr 41."
Title from manuscript caption Jack lived eight days under the snow slide of Apr. 30, 1898; photograph was taken July 12, 1898 Photographer's number 154
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Annotated by George Davidson with notes and place names. "Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Apr 9 1902." U.S.C. & G.S. Chart No. 8500. Sheet 3. First published in...
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 from caption. Image is a postcard. Image shows the sun setting on the Yukon River. Caption reads "Midnight sun on Yukon River". Verso reads "Apr. 29, 1924. On my way back to Alaska. Expect to be in Seward tonight. Having a big snowstorm...
Portrait photo of six men and two dogs standing outside a building. Fourth man from the left is holding a pair of snowshoes, fifth man is holding a pipe. One dog standing in between the legs of the third man from the left...
Color postcard postmarked from Cordova on Apr. 19, 1910 and addressed to Miss Tomie Clemons, Devine, Texas, Medina Co. [County]. Written on verso, "4-17-10. Dear little sister Tomie, have just received your long and...
Written on photo: "[Illegible word] done on moose hide and presented to the lodge on dedication of hall, Jan. 1, '15 by Mrs. [Illegible name]. Moose hide decoration has a drawing of a moose and around his head are the...
(7:00 min.) (04 of 12) Weather at Amchitka and railroad to bering sea Apr '42 Engineers got word from Service and Supply (Roosevelt) find Railroad route from Fairbanks to sea.--Town meeting of the 3000 population of Fairbanks--Lots of...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC postal clerk."
Congress opened hearings in March 1943 on the conversion of the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) into the Regular Army. The WAC bill was signed into law some four months...
Title taken from caption. "13 Apr 45. [WACs setting type for printing]."
World War II changed the lives of women in significant ways. The war not only drew American women to the labor force, but it also brought them into the organized...
Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC (Women's Army Corps) specialist & public relations officer." Notice the portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill placed prominently on the wall.