A crowd is gathered on the street, possibly for a Fourth of July celebration. People are swinging on a swing set nearby. The Miners & Merchants Bank can be seen in the background (right).
Photo of the interior of the Episcopal Church in Nome, Alaska decorated for the Easter celebration, 1902. The platform has a cross-covered pillow and what looks to be a fur or bear skin rug leading up the steps. The...
The street is roped off and floats are travelling up the road during a parade in Dawson City, British Columbia, Canada. This may be a celebration of Victoria Day. Businesses visible are L. J. Grey Hairdressing, The Northern Cafe, J. L. Sale, The...
Verso: Ceremony commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the transfer of Alaska to U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard stands in front of a group of Tlingit, U.S. Navy sailors and civilians during a celebration of the anniversary of the purchase of...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "Helena Makrosa, ca. 1994. Interpreter for Lend-Lease Program." Image shows a woman in a dark-colored blouse and light, patterned apron, holding a dog. The dog has its paw on the woman's arm. ...
Title from verso. View of car races at a 4th of July celebration in Fairbanks in 1917. Formally dressed men and women are sitting on bleachers behind the racing track. Several of the women are holding parasols. Photo may have been taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a group of people gathered from Stevens Village, Tanana and Rampart for a New Year's celebration. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is a group of Stevens Village and Rampart and Tanana Indians gathered at...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a boat on wheels filled with children working as a float in a 4th of July parade in Nome, Alaska, in 1915. Written at lower right: Church Photo. Original is 5.5 x 3.5 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a large crowd of people watching someone play the piano, while a young boy appears to be playing the violin. This may be an Independence Day celebration. A partial sign on the street reads "[Goggin]" and...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
40 second film clip, color/silent, of statehood celebration activities. Anchorage Daily Times front page. Reading Daily News Miner. Newsboy selling papers. United States and Alaska flags hung from upper stories of building. Fire engine in a...
Title from duplicate image (UAF-1994-70-166). Photograph of a group of people gathered from Stevens Village, Tanana and Rampart for a New Year's celebration.
"Governor Egan looks over a brass totem pole presented by the chamber of commerce of Hermosa Beach, Ca., for Alaska's cooperation in the "Hermosa Holidays" celebration which honored Alaska and Hawaii."
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...