Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
View of Alaska Department of Highways sign with facts about Alaska posted on Alaska Highway, possibly near border between Alaska and Canada. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Facts on Alaska. Alaska is twice as large as Texas, covering...
Relief shown by hachures. Boundary of the award is outlined with a dashed red line, areas covered by atlas sheets are outlined in solid red. With 24 sheets of maps covering the area contained within the index. From Alaskan Boundary Tribunal...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Teacher's quarters, attached at right, were described in the Historical Record as such: "The quarters were not used by the teacher for five or six years until 1941, when about $100 was spent making them livable; this included a new stove, new...
Decrees issued in East Siberia 1917-1921, copied in pencil; extracts from books on East Siberia, copied in ink; two letters regarding effort to emigrate
from Japan to the U.S., July 1920; poem by Vinokouroff, "Na more," (On the Sea), written en...
Women display crafts and works of art. The works include a miniature totem pole, baskets, beaded slippers, and bags. They are in front of a wooden building with a wire covering over the window. Image: Native woman Sitka Alaska. Photographer's...
You could clearly see the piece of canvas which had been turned back from its covering place over the trap. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.
This dome shaped type of tent is called a Qalluvik in Iñupiaq. Willows for the frame were collected inland, around Atqasuk, then bent into curved shape and tied together to make tent frame. It was then covered with canvas. (Early Iñupiaq tents...
Putting cover on umiak. After they are sewn together using special waterproof stitch, men will stretch skin cover across wood frame and lash them to it. This unusually large boat requires 7-8 skins. Five women work outside, standing. Now about ten...
Description: wood; carved; glass; hinged
Old Num: LC.344-1.13
Found: Sitka
Descriptive Narrative: Wooden relief carving--hinged 3-piece icon triptych with glass covering one of the three panels. A small wooden icon of the type...