The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
54 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a miner hauling wood to feed a steam engine. The steam was used to thaw the frozen ground and enable the miners to chip out the rock and earth. A bucket is seen coming out of a mine shaft and...
Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska in July 1909 and addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Ridgeway, Tex. [Texas]. Written on the verso, "July 17, 09. Dear folks at home, I supose [suppose] you are feeling mean at me for...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Two minute, 39 second, black & white with audio, film clip. This earthquake footage from Valdez, Alaska, shows Valdez Harbor emptying of water and the tsunami rushing back in. The narration describes the event and how the film was...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Greeting card from the Alaska Highway Patrol's 4th division showing the heads of the patrol officers and Mrs. Thorne. Images are identified by last name and placed upon a drawing of Alaska symbols, including a polar bear, a salmon, and a moose. ...
Title taken from note with photo. "Fissure, caused by the Alaska Earthquake Anchorage Ak., 3/27/64". A large crack in the earth is crossed by what may be an extension ladder and telephone or electric lines.
Title taken from back of photo. "Destroyed homes in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". Picture shows a slanted, sunken house where the earth has collapsed, with a soldier in the foreground.
Title taken from back of photo. "A car parked on what is now Iliamna Ave. in the Turnagain area Anchorage AK., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". A view of a road destroyed by earthquake. The car in the foreground and two houses in the...
Title taken from note with photo. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". A house sits level over a fissure in the earth, but much of its foundation has fallen in. An apparent outbuilding...
Title taken from note with photo. "Turnagain area Anchorage following the Alaska Earthquake 27 March 1964". Picture shows heaved-up ground with homes in the background. A man is standing next to a Volkswagen Beetle on sunken earth in the...
Title taken from accompanying note. "A demolished home in the Turnagain area Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command -- OVER THE BLUFF -- Those Anchorage residents...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Turnagain area Anchorage following the Alaska Earthquake 27 March 1964". Shows a crack in the snowy earth on McKenzie Drive at Tulik. Tipped houses and trees are in the background.
Title taken from accompanying note. "Clean-up beginning in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/31/64". Shows a crack in the snowy earth and two people standing by a camping trailer.
Title taken from accompanying note. "A car parked on what is now Iliamna Ave. in the Turnagain area Anchorage [AK], following [the] Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64 (unidentified man in the foreground)". A man walks toward a car caught in the cracked...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Damaged Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". A house and a car are tipping on the settled ground. Broken pieces of a wooden fence are laid across the gaps in the earth...