Title taken from donor's caption. View of a Valdez commercial street with some people walking in the distance; a mountain is in the background. "Valdez was a typical, busy Alaskan town of the early pioneer days -- wide open of course. Most...
65 second film clip, black & white/silent, of earthquake damage in Anchorage, Alaska.
Visible in this clip are aerial and ground views of damage done to Anchorage by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. The film shows both downtown and...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Looking down on 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. Sign on business at far left reads: "Ship Creek Meat Co." Automobiles are diagonally parked on both sides of the street; pedestrians are visible in the distance. "4th Ave Anchorage, Alaska. Thomas...
Title from verso. Image of the Lindley-Liek Expedition which made the first successful ascent of both peaks on Mount McKinley in 1932. Image shows two men and something (possibly a sled) between them. The men are following a trail across...
Cyanotype portrait of an unidentified man and Alaska Native woman,and three children sitting on a bench draped with animal hides and skins in the village of Knik on Knik Arm. The man has a mustache, and the women and two younger children have...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an advertisement hanging on a wall. In the advertisement men are playing roulette. The names at the lower left read "Cyrus Noble" and "W.A. Lacey", both brand names of the Crown Distilleries Co., which is...
View of both sides of medal commemorating Alaska Festival of Music, Anchorage, Alaska. Writing on sides of medal reads: "Alaska Festival of Music 1960" (picturing pair of hands with conducting baton) and "The seal of the state of Alaska" (picturing...
This color slide depicts three Alaska Native boys and one man in a fishing boat near either Kotzebue or Barrow, Alaska, 1962. Both the boy in the front and the man in the back hold wooden paddles. There is an outboard motor on the back of the...
Photograph shows two railroad employees, one in uniform, standing on the boards of an Alaska Railroad motor car that is parked on the railway track. Several other men, possibly railroad construction workers, are visible to the right of the...
Title taken from label on matting. View of Alaska Railroad hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, with car parked at right near garage and ladders leaning against both sides of building. Also from label: "(Temp. 9)." Photographer's number 8066. Sept. 1938....
Photograph of Alma Shavings of Mekoryuk. Identification provided by Muriel Amos of Mekoryuk and verified by Lillian Shavings (granddaughter) of Anchorage, Alaska.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
View of houses and buildings in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Ground between both houses, in the background, appears to have dropped. Building and other houses also appear in the background.
Title from cataloger. Photograph of one corner of the Rivenburg house. Visible are photographs, pennants, a sewing machine and what is probably a diploma. "These two views show two corners of our living room. The flowers are nasturtiums. ...