A group of tourist walk along railroad tracks in Kennecott Copper Mine area in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "From 1913 to 1938 these tracks were used to haul copper ore from Kennecott [sic] down to McCarthy and then on to Cordova, where it was...
From caption: "Old village site near Pias Tower, Attu." View of an abandoned village site on Attu Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Sidney Connor walks along a boardwalk in the deserted mining town of Latouche, site of the former Beatson mine of the Kennecott Copper Corporation. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Three cars are lined up outside a house in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. Wilma Knox is examining the third car, a jeep. The middle car was President Warren G. Harding's touring car when he visited Valdez, Alaska. From caption: "The car in the...
Title from album caption. Downtown street of Olnes in winter, next to railroad tracks. Olness Restaurant. A sign by the tracks reads "Olnes", and a building facade reads "Olness Restaurant".
Title from album caption. Frame building with false front, discarded washtub, and other furnishings. The building is in disrepair. Shredded tarpaper is seen on the side of the building, and some windows are covered in canvas.
Title from caption. Photograph of an abandoned village on the Tanana Village Narrative in photo album reads: "An abandoned Indian village on the Tanana River - Why? No one knows."
Title from caption. Photograph of Dyea after it was mostly abandoned in 1902. Caption reads: "The old deserted village of Dyea at the head of Lynn Canal -- 5 miles north of Skaguay. Beyond which is the Chilcoot Pass 3000 ft. high leading...
Title taken from caption. Photo loose in album. Later caption notes: "Abandoned as of this time - no decent harbor there." View of the village of Belkofski.
Title taken from caption. View of abandoned buildings from the former Beatson mine of the Kennecott Copper Corporation in the deserted mining town of Latouche. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to...
Title taken from caption. View of abandoned buildings from the former Beatson mine of the Kennecott Copper Corporation in the deserted mining town of Latouche. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to...
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Photograph with a caption that reads: Part of the deserted "stampede" town of Wreeka at the mouth of the Tenderfoot. Owls and rabbits the only inhabitants. Visible are several cabins and a bridge across Tenderfoot...
View of the abandoned Kennecott Copper Corporation operation at Kennicott, Alaska. The concentration mill is visible on the skyline. From caption: "And here is the mine building---looking almost like a castle the way it sits on the crest of a hill...
Wilma Knox leans on a bridge in McCarthy, Alaska, with buildings in the background. From caption: "It was very early morning in McCarthy when Bob got this picture of me leaning over the old bridge at the edge of town. Notice the beautiful white...
Wilma Knox looks at a few playing cards and an empty cigar box left on a table in the recreation hall in the abandoned copper mining town of Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "In the huge recreation hall where the miners went to play cards in the...
Wilma Knox walks down a street in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. From caption: "Bob caught me from behind as I strolled down past what must have been some kind of recreation hall. We looked in the window and there were seats inside and a large...