Ms., mounted on cardboard. Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings. Shows Goodnews Bay and the coast north from Cape Newenham. Shows course of cutter Baranov in 1821, with soundings and notes of character of bottom along that...
Pilot chart of the Yukon River, showing wood storage sites and the amount of wood, cabins, villages, gravesites, sawmills, mines and creeks along the riverbanks. Sand bars and various features of the river are drawn in, and a dashed line indicates...
"Picture number 3. That's Pan Am's winter uniform up there. We had a seal skin cap and regular navy overcoat and everything. Of course when it got cold we had parkas and everything to go over it."
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Title from margin notes. Photograph shows a child in a fur parka running on a dog sled race course. A sign above the race course reads "Alaska Dog Mushe[rs] Start (Fairbanks Winter Carnival) Finish".
Title from caption. Photograph of a Fort Yukon Street scene. Visible along the street are many people including men, women and children, a dog and two general stores. The stores are W. E. Phillips General Store, and Horton & Moore. "The...
Title from verso. Photograph of an artillery unit as they watch U.S. aircraft pass over their position. Verso reads: "Attu -- All eyes focus anxiously on the Aleutian skies as American fighting men watch their air arm fly into battle. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of a .105-mm artillery piece and a crew serving it. Verso reads: "This 105-mm gun and its crew poured more than 2000 rounds of shells into Jap [ Japanese ] positions in the course of four days battling at...
Color photo of a person push poling a boat down the Yukon River. Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska and addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas, Hopkins Co. [County]. Written on verso, "Oct. 24, '09. Dear...
Title from caption: "Parker-Browne Expedition 1910: Mt. McKinley, Alaska 20,300 ft. from Explorers Peak, 9,000 ft." Postcard postmarked from Ruby, Alaska on Aug. 22, 1913 and addressed to Tomie Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas, Hopkins Co. [County]. ...
Four Eskimo girls are standing with three reindeer in front of a tent. Postcard is addressed to Mr. Newton Clemons, Devine, Texas, Medina Co. [County]. Written on verso, "Dear brother Newton, I received your postal of...
Title from indexer. Photograph of Mary Cox seated on the supports for a coldframe greenhouse, while puppies vie for her attention. Additional narrative from donor notes reads: "The first summer in Point Hope, at the old mission site, I...
(5:05 min) (04 of 19) Education in Chicago Got a request from the Chicago & Altman Railroad to try-out for a fireman job. He was engaged to be married and decided not to work on the railroad. Went to Chicago to take the Ray Automobile...
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
(5:25 min.) (07 of 28) 7. Across the Atlantic Georgetown, French Guyana was the next stop, not Africa. The ship was zigzagging; the Captain and First Mate would open orders each day and set a new course. On board was a Pan Am navigator;...
Title from cataloger notes. Full note reads: "Celebrating the opening of the Fairbanks country Club and Fairbanks Golf Course on Farmers Loop Road near KFAR radio tower."
"Eight native Alaskans received diplomas August 10 from the RCA Institutes in New York, marking successful completion of an 18-months course in Industrial and Communications Electronics. All are members of a pilot educational program sponsored by...