Title taken from caption "Charlie Carter, who formerly carried the mail through the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and across Katmai Pass on dog sled." View of Charlie Carter. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to...
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...
Governor Hammond and President Jimmy Carter, right; Senator Mike Gravel and Lt. Governor Terry Miller, center and left; an Air Force officer stands behind
Governor Jay Hammond. greeting President Jimmy Carter at Elmendorf Air Force Base; Senator Terry Miller and Lieutenant Governor Mike Gravel stand at left
Title supplied by cataloger. Group of five boys pose outside store. One boy on tricycle. Slide carousel labeled, 'Old Pictures Misc.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title from image. Composite of portraits, with name of each individual. Top row (l. to r.): S.O. Wheelock, Frank Forrest, W.W. Casey - Chief, Chas. Price, S. Blum
2nd row (l. to r.): J.B. Denny, J.M. Behrends
3rd row (l. to r.):...
Photograph shows a winter view of some of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus buildings, Lower Commons, Nerland Hall and upper dorms. There is snow on the ground. The Lower Commons were later named the Lola...
Photograph shows a man operating of Little Giant directing the stream of water at the creek valley sides. Boulder sized rocks have fallen down to creek level.
Photograph shows the Lowe River flowing through the steep walls of the Keystone Canyon. A long tree truck ia laying on a gravel bar in the foreground. Clouds surround a rocky mountain peak in the distance....
Photograph shows the Worthington Glacier with the surrounding mountains, a gravel road leading the way to the glacier terminus is in the foreground of the photograph with 2 tripods seen on the left side of the road....
Photograph shows nine sled dogs relaxing in the snow while hooked up to their sled harnesses. Some barrels, other equipment, and a building are in the distance.
Photograph shows a standing man wearing a red cap and red plaid shirt supporting a large mammoth tusk in front of him. Cliffs and hills are in the background.
Text from slide: "198 LB. Mammoth Tusk at Ester...
Photograph shows a sunset illuminating in pink the underside of the cloud cover while silhouetting the treeline and reflecting onto the calm surface of the river.
Photograph shows two chained polar bear cubs on a beach close to the water. Chains are around the cubs necks. One cub is investigating a wooden boat and the other cub is standing facing the camera.
Photograph shows salmon drying on a six tier high rack made of tree trunks and possibly tree branches. The rack is double sided, an A-frame shape. Various grasses are surrounding the rack, and continuing off to the...
Photographs shows a native (Inupiaq?) Alaskan man and woman standing next to each other wearing cloth parkas with fur ruffs around the hoods. The sky behind them is bright blue.