Busy waterfront scene with riverboats FOX, TANANA, and one other, along waterfront; sign on warehouse reads, "Str. TANANA leaves 1 PM today, June 3, connecting with SCHWATKA for Dawson direct"
First Avenue in Ruby, 1913. Last mail over the trail before the breakup, spring 1913. Left to right-Mr. Myrick (the barber), mail driver, Dr. F. W. Herms, Postmaster Amos Kinzer, J. Slippern standing between cabin and post office. Others...
Group portrait of The Fraternal Order of Eagles in Ruby, Alaska 1912. Two individuals are identified, Emily Herms and D. A. McDonald. Mr. McDonald was lost on the Sophia in 1918. Emily Herms is located directly below the right side of the Eagles'...
Included are scenic views of Cripple and portraits of people in front of Furgie's Cigar Store, Erickson's House, and Edwards and Gray Merchandise; in bottom right corner is a sketch showing a "New trail to Iditarod via Long City, Poorman, Cripple,...
Photo montage of three photographs showing contestants in footraces during 4th of July celebrations in Ruby, Alaska. Text on top photo reads: "Start needle & thread race. Ruby, Alaska. July 4, 1917." Text on middle photo reads: "Three-legged race....
Photograph of First Avenue, Ruby, Alaska. The Identifiable businesses are from left to right: Bloom's Hardware Etc., Lunch Counter Restaurant, G. F. Mayhood Cigar & Pool Room, Alabam's, Northern, Our House Saloon operated by Jack McDonald, A....
Text on photo: "Dr. Good & Walter Goyne leaving Poorman, Alaska. After the Moose Carnival & dog races. March 24-31, 1917. Basil Clemons Photo". A group of spectators is gathered outside Cox's Roadhouse at Poorman, Alaska, observing Dr. Good and...
The Fort Gibbon baseball team is pictured field-side. The caption reads "The Fort Gibbon Team. At Fairbanks, Alaska. July 4, 1913." At bottom right is a signature that looks like "Clemans" or "Clemons", which may mean Basil Edwin Clemons. All of...
Portrait photo of six men and two dogs standing outside a building. Fourth man from the left is holding a pair of snowshoes, fifth man is holding a pipe. One dog standing in between the legs of the third man from the left...
Postcard is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Hopkins Co. Written is, "Ruby, Alaska, Dec. 3, 1911. Dear Mother, your long and loving letter of Oct. 26 just rec'd. Found me well and glad to hear from you. ...
The Candace Waugaman Collection consists of historical manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera donated by private collector and local historian Candace Waugaman. The collection focuses upon the history of Alaska...
Two girls with scarves tied around their necks are each holding onto a dog. The smallest of the children, a little boy stands in front of the girl to the right and a puppy is sitting nearby.
Written on verso, "This is a back bird's eye view of Iditarod taken the day I received your letter (Aug. 16) just two months and sixteen days after the first boat landed. Basil."