"U. S. Delegation visiting Hawaii for Statehood Celebration, Nov. 25, 1959, paid an official call to Gen. I. D. White, at Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii. Left to right: Lt. Gen. T.J.H. Trapnell, Dep. Cdr. in Chief & Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Pacific;...
View of Anchorage, Alaska Fire Department and Health Department exhibit in Anchorage Fire Station. Items on table include fire extinguishers and books and pamphlets. Posters, photographs, and graphs are posted on wall. Printing on some posters and...
Title taken from slide mount. View of fox near sign at Tanana, Alaska landing strip, with antenna, utility pole, and road in background. Sign reads: "Civil Aeronautics Administration. Dep[artmen]t of Commerce. Tanana." 1955? Photograph type: 35 mm...
View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Sign on building, center, reads Anchorage Cold Storage Co., Inc. Additional sings on that building read Coca-Cola, Wholesale Liquor Dealer, Franchise Bottlers....
Title taken from verso. View of Wolfe's Department Store in Anchorage, Alaska, with parked cars reflected in store windows. Sign reads: "Wolfe Dep't. Store." July 12, 1957. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title from image. Verso: First landing of St. "Queen" at Skagway in Klondike Stampede of 1897 (given to C.L. Andrews by J.A. Armunt[?] of Portland, OR) afterward apptd [appointed?] Dep. Coll Customs at Wrangell, by J.W. Ivey, Coll. of Cust.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...