Title from verso. Photograph of a Japanese graveyard on Attu Island. Verso reads: "An American doughboy looks at a tiny Japanese graveyard found on Attu when he reached the west arm of Holtz Valley after a drive over the mountains to...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Japanese graveyard on Attu Island. Verso reads: "An American doughboy looks at a tiny Japanese graveyard found on Attu when he reached the west arm of Holtz Valley after a drive over the mountains to...
(5:18 min) (17 of 27) Haul Road II
Bids to build from Yukon River north were too high so Juneau said go ahead and finish it. The crew got more equipment and people and fuel. The temperature dropped to -70 degrees. Juneau kept asking --...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows Hudson Bay east to Bering Strait; north coasts of Greenland, Canada and Alaska incomplete. Includes explanatory text. No. 70 of A complete system of geography.
One minute, 40 second, black & white/silent, film clip. Clip shows a dog sled parade complete with "dogsled floats". The floats include an airplane, a kayak, an igloo, baby buggies, and a fur display.
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from caption. "9198 -- (22) The city of 'Sheep Camp' was the metropolis of the Dyea trail. Those who have never visited a booming frontier mining camp will find it difficult to appreciate the rapidity with which such camps acquire a...
Title taken from caption. "9715 -- (29) The majority of those who crossed the pass stopped either at Lake Linderman or Lake Bennett for the purpose of constructing boats for the journey down the Yukon. The advance of the crusaders rendered it...
Clipping removed from a publication with the caption: Skagway is at the head of the Lynn Canal, and this picture gives some idea of the fall of the tide when one notes the length of the long docks extending out into the water. The mountain in the...
Title taken from caption on Album. A close- up shot of George C. Thomas Memorial Library which was Fairbanks' only public library for 68 years. Named for a man who had never been to Fairbanks, Thomas was a Philadelphia banker who once saw a...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Damaged homes in the Anchorage area in Alaska following the alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- DAMAGED HOMES -- Damage in the Anchorage area...
Title taken from creator's notes. Notes read: These pictures complete the story. The last picture on page 79 is just the cold ashes that were left. The firemen did protect surrounding buildings. But the Small Arms Building was never...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says:"The complete outfit necessary for 10 days stay for topography work, weighing about 55 pounds, outfit consists of bedding, tents, grub, and instruments." Photo taken during National Geographic Society...
Title taken from caption. View of a man loading equipment into one of the National Geographic expedition boats. Caption also says: "The end portage between Lake Grosvenor and Island Bay, showing our complete equipment for taking topography and 2...
View of the new Alaska Sales and Service building with earthquake damage. Sign reads: "Future home of Alaska Sales and Service. Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Cadillac, GMC. OK Used Cars. One of the northwest (sic) largest complete automotive...
View of damage to buildings on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Street sign near center reads 4th Av. Sign on damaged building on left reads, partially, McLain's Camera Photo Supplies Complete Camera A Nice...
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. View of partially complete railroad bridge crossing Nenana River, Alaska, with floating ice during breakup. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1343. N. 5." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G1343. May...