(4:08 min.) (17 of 28) 17. Virginia comes to Alaska
Virginia was given the chance to come to Alaska as a flight instructor; if she didn't like it she was told she could fly home for free. She only instructed for one summer. She came up,...
Title taken from caption. "9204 -- (20) We have in this view an extraordinary realistic panorama of the Dyea Trail just before it passes the track of the fatal avalanche. The scene is indeed rugged, bleak and uninviting, and the trail...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title taken from the sign on the photograph. The sign on the building in the foreground reads: "St. Mathew's Church, Free Public Reading Room." The sign on the building further up the road reads: "St. Mathews Hospital."
This image shows Article VII of the constitution of the state of Alaska which provides free education to all children of the State by mandating public school system and state university system. The article also directs the legislature to provide...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Title from verso. "Tuning up the "Detroiter". This enormous plane has three engines. The [propeller] in the picture [left engine] is the one which struck and killed Palmer Hutchinson. Copies from Reed's."
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph shows civilians riding in a tracked amphibious vehicle on a military facility. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
View of signs in Valdez, Alaska. Signs read: "Motel Valdez Alaska small boat launching area", and "Have fun at Valdez the Switzerland of Alaska. Valdez is the farthest north, ice free port, on the North American continent. Columbia Glacier &...
View of the barge "Blazer" run aground at Kanatak, Alaska, near Kodiak, with men preparing to pull the boat free. From verso: "Kanatak Barge Blazer on beach after storm parcial [sic] buried in ice & sand being ready for cat to pull her out on beach...
Title taken from verso. View of young man chopping sea ice with pick while gathering ice with bucket on beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, with buildings and person in background. Also from verso: "Kotzebue." June 14, 1962. Original photograph size: 10" x...
Title taken from label on matting. View of buildings in Nome, Alaska, including Chinese restaurant, cleaners, and dance hall. Signs read: "Restraunt [sic]. Chopsueynoodls [sic]" ("n's" and third "s" in sign are backward), "Cleninghats [sic] Suits,"...
Title supplied by cataloger. Spring mushing. Slide labeled, 'G. Attla, Galena.' Two men working to free sled from snow fencing. Dogs stand nearby. Two spectators stand close to the sled, and others stand on a gentle hill behind. Two wooden houses...
Title taken from slide mount. Warehouse with pallets stacked in front, and large sign. Sign: Valdez, coastal Terminus of Alaska's Highway System, Distribution Center to Interior Alaska. Farthest North Year Round Ice Free Seaport in North...