Title from verso. Image shows a young woman seated by gold mining equipment and holding a pan full of gold nuggets, smiling. Behind her a pile of tailings is visible and next to her appears to be a sluice box. Photo may have been taken...
Winter view of west part of Anchorage, Alaska, and downtown business district. From verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number 877. 1965. Photographer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Original photograph size: 8" x...
Round embroidered fabric patch. Design comprises a snarling polar bear head and gold star on blue field. This patch was in use by the Alaska Defense Command beginning in 1943. Object size: 2 1/2 inch diameter circle.
Title taken from label on matting. View of Bartlett Glacier and railroad tracks as seen from Grandview in Alaska Railroad Loop District between Seward and Portage, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula, with locomotive at left. Also from label: "(Temp. 2)."...
Title taken from label on matting. View of Alaska Railroad train on bridge in Loop District between Seward and Portage, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula. Also from label: "(Temp. 1)." Photographer's number 8060. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame....
Title taken from label on matting. View of train on bridge in Alaska Railroad Loop District between Seward and Portage, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula. Also from label: "(Temp. 8)." Photographer's number 8065. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame....
43 second, black & white/silent, film clip of an Alaska Railroad train running through a loop to ease the change in elevation in the mountains. The scenery includes mountains, glaciers, and trees.
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,...
View of Anchorage, Alaska looking east after March 27, 1964 earthquake. 4th Avenue runs across center of photo, with Turnagain Arms Apartments on lower right and Anchorage Westward Hotel at middle right. Area being cleared in center of photo was...
Winter aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska, looking east toward Chugach Mountains. Elderberry Park is at middle lower part of photo. Photographer's number 863A. 1965. Photographer: U.S. Corps of Engineers. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
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...
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Title taken from verso. Verso: Seated: Walter S. Pinkus, Wm. J. Niemi, A.F. Ghiglione, H.B. Schultz, B.D. Stewart Jr. Standing: John C. Fox, William P. Cameron, H.W. Johansen, M.C. Zimmerman, E.J. White, L.A. Hatchett, John M. Cooley, Harry O....