Historical background piece, written for the Juneau Empire by Mary Lou Gerbi and Svend Holst; includes photo of Maggie Hall, who, in 1996, caught a tagged silver salmon worth $100,000
Two anglers and a large fish below sign. Dock and boats in background. Sign in image: "Welcome and Good Fishing", Remember Folks! All Proceeds From Fish Turned In During This Derby Go To Territorial Sportsmen's Scholarship Fund. Official...
View of four boys with their fishing poles and two salmon that they caught during the Seward Salmon Derby in Seward, Alaska. Photo taken between 1962 and 1967. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from caption. A large crowd of spectators has gathered outside the Fairbanks, Alaska Post Office and Court House to watch the Fairbanks Dog Derby. A handler holds onto a dog team, while the musher stands on the runners of the sled. Sign...
Title taken from caption. Two men holding salmon at Seward Salmon Derby in Seward, Alaska. 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from caption. View of go-kart derby race at Fur Rendezvous celebration in Anchorage, Alaska. Signs on buildings read: "76" and "Cadillac. GMC trucks." 1958. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from caption. View of go-kart derby race at Fur Rendezvous celebration in Anchorage, Alaska. Signs on buildings read: "76" and "Cadillac. GMC trucks." 1958. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from front. View of musher and dog sled preparing to start in the Solomon Derby sled dog race, Nome, Alaska, with spectators lining the street. Also from front: "Start of [Scotty] Allan and Darling entry, Percy Blatchford, driver." From...
Title taken from verso. View of boats and fishermen in harbor during fishing derby, Seward, Alaska, with buildings in background. Also from verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1956. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Totem pole presented to the All-American soap box derby in Akron, Ohio, by the Juneau Rotary Club. The original pole stands in Wrangell, where it is a memorial to the Kiksadi Chief, Kolteen.
Frank Maier, winner of the Juneau soap box derby, went to Akron, Ohio, to compete. Totem pole was presented by the Juneau Rotary Club. Original pole stands at Wrangell as a memorial to the Kiksadi Chief, Kolteen.
Photo shows a dog team lined out on the frozen Chena River, waiting in the snow. A large crowd of spectators look on from the bridge over the river, and on both sides of the trail. Wooden buildings are visible in the background. Original...