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.
Caption reads: "1247 W. 8th St. Los Angeles, Cal. [California]." Image is of four women smiling and leaning on an elevated lawn in front of houses and palm trees. Photos UAF-1985-122-71, UAF-1985-122-72, UAF-1985-122-73...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of liquefied natural gas plant and ammonia and urea plant near Kenai, Alaska, with docks in foreground and storage tanks on shore. Also from verso: "... at left is the Phillips-Marathon Liquefied Natural Gas...
Title taken from back of photo. . "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- AIRLIFT IN ACTION -- An Air Force Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C97 from the California Air National Guard is swiftly unloaded of supplies brought to...
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...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows west coast of North America, from California up to Prince William Sound. Insets: Klondike Region on enlarged scale -- Alaska [index map with an inset of the Aleutian Islands] -- Map showing the...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows west coast of North America, from California to Prince William Sound. Insets: Klondike region -- Map showing the country between Juneau & Ft. Selkirk. Ancillary map: Alaska [index map with an...
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,...
Portrait of Andrew Kashevaroff, later Russian Orthodox priest, taken in San Francisco, California. From front: "Fred's [Fred Wildon Fickett's] assistant in Weather Bureau - then U.S. Signal Corps. Andrew Kashavaroff [sic]. Sitka, Alaska." From...
Verso: Wedding party - John Brynteson (seated in lg chair) - (3 Lucky Swedes, Nome) Accompanying letter: Enclosed in a negative and print of the wedding party of John Brynteson, one of the "3 Lucky Swedes" of Nome fame. The marriage (1902)...
Designed to overcome the 30-foot tides, crushing ice, and strong currents of Alaska's Cook Inlet, this "monopod" drilling rig owned by Marathon Oil Company and Union Oil Company of California is positioned over the partner's discovery well at the...
Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....