The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
The Coleen M. Platner Photographs (ca. 1909-1920s) contain photographs of pioneer children and their families living in Alaska, chiefly Iditarod, Chatanika, Little Eldorado City, and Eldorado Creek. There are also photographs from Nome and the...
Title taken from front. Man dressed in fur coat with reindeer harnessed to sled out on Bering Sea ice, Nome, Alaska. Sign on sled reads: "J. E. Phillips Transfer [and] City Delivery." n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. Eskimos women dressed in fur parkas with reindeer, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. Photographer's number A609. n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from verso. View of reindeer herd, Cantwell, Alaska. Photographer's number 208. Summer 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 3 7/8" x 5".
Title taken from verso. United States Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work and Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert inspect reindeer herd at Cantwell, Alaska. Photographer's number 209. Summer 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B....
Title taken from verso. View of herd of reindeer, Cantwell, Alaska. Photographer's number 206. Summer 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 3 7/8" x 5".
Title taken from front. Three caribou standing along the Klondike River, Yukon Territory. Also from front: "400,539." From verso: "Printed in Great Britain." Publisher's number 317. Publisher: Zaccarelli's Book Store, Dawson, Yukon Territory....
Title taken from verso. Herd of reindeer at Cantwell, Alaska. Also from verso: "A few reindeer having supper a[t] Cantwell, Alaska, [1500] in all. Hurd [sic] owned by the gov[ernment] and Miss Ruth [R]eit." Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Title taken from verso. Group of reindeer herders dressed in fur garments with reindeer in decorative harnesses for fair at Shishmaref, Alaska. Also from verso: "1923 scrapbook." Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1923. Photographer: Lomen...
Title taken from verso. Woman with reindeer on Alaska Railroad depot platform at Curry Hotel, Curry, Alaska. 1920's. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 3/8".
Title taken from label on matting. View of men holding down reindeer during earmarking and castration with Burdizzo (type of castration device) in corral at Lomen Reindeer Corporation reindeer processing plant in Golovin, Alaska. Earmarking was...
Title taken from label on matting. View of men holding down reindeer bull during earmarking with knife at Lomen Reindeer Corporation reindeer processing plant in Golovin, Alaska. Earmarking was alternative to livestock branding. Photographer's...
Title taken from label on matting. View of reindeer held down by workers for earmarking and castration at Lomen Reindeer Corporation reindeer processing plant and corral in Golovin, Alaska. Earmarking was alternative to livestock branding....