Title taken from front. View of a cabin, another building, and a large garden planted in potatoes in Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "126." Photographer's number 126. Aug. 1910. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title from verso: "Chena Slough Bridge during high water of Aug. 30". The Chena River in downtown Fairbanks and what appears to be the Cushman Street bridge facing south. Year not known.
Title from verso. Sign at left reads: "Samson Hardware Company, 'Samson' Hardware & Mining Machinery, [illegible] Pennsylvania Boilers American & Samson Hoists." At right, signs appear to advertise brand names: "Mobiloil", "Caterpillar", "The...
Title from verso: "Richardson Highway, showing deposit of driftwood left against North approach, during Highwater of Aug. 30/31 + Sept 1-2 / 1930" and "Salcha Br Mi 331".
Two people stand on a bridge behind a car. Logs of driftwood fill...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a cabin and a tent along a river, a large farm animal can be seen along the bank. Caption also reads: "No. 87. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Title from caption. Photograph shows men working on an embankment alongside a railroad track. They appear to have a cart on the track that is being pulled by a horse. Caption also reads: "No. 94. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E....
Title from caption. Photograph shows the view of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction at mile 384 in Interior Alaska, with tracks laid on graded surface. Caption also reads: "No. 76, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."
Title from caption. Photograph shows a group of men standing outside the store at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway camp Residency 3 at mile 385 in Interior Alaska, and some mules are hitched to wagon. Caption also reads: "No. 70, A. J....
Title from caption. View of men and women (one wearing nurse's cap) with dogs standing in front of Alaska Engineering Commission hospital mess tent in Nenana, Alaska. Photograph shows Caption also reads: "No. 17, A. J. Johnson, Official...