Bill DeWitt (left) and Charles Emswiler (or Emsweiler), trappers and guides, with furs and antlers in Seward, Alaska. 1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Charles Emswiler (seated), two other men, and several dogs pose in front of a log cabin near Seward, Alaska. Beaver pelts and bear skins hang on the front of the cabin. From front: "C. Emswiler, guide." 1910? Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3...
Charles Emswiler (also spelled Emsweiler), licensed guide, stands in front of a log cabin with rifle and snowshoes in hand near Seward, Alaska. From front: "Chas Emswiler, guide." ca. 1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph:...
Title taken from news clipping. Rep. Ralph Rivers receives an award of a scout badge from Peter Trawicky. An article related to this photograph details Boy Scouting opportunities in Alaska.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. "Lee Waddell - Trapped Skwentna River, A top Guide. From Oregon." He is holding up two dead white birds, possibly ptarmigans.
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "'Slim' Bragg shown with Wolves and Tim Twitchell Trapper. Bragg Guided and Trapped Many Years in the Talkeetna and Other Areas Before Becoming a Game Warden." The word "Unknown" is scratched out, and "Tim...
Title taken from caption. "Bob Busby - trapped Wood river, Delta river and Chena river areas. From about 1930 to date. Good guide and trapper. Native Alaskan."
Title taken from caption on Album. "Moses Cruikshank, was a youth of Fort Yukon he had spent nine years at St. Mark's Mission. He was big, strong and reliable and knew dogs and sledding. He was Archdeacon Drane's assistant and trail companion,...
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Title taken from note with photo. "Eskimo scouts removing obstacles barring entrance to a damaged home Anchorage -- searching for victim 28 March, 1964."
Title taken from donor's caption. " A small independent outfits sledding in supplies. A stop for lunch on the Chitina River." Duplicate of uaf-2003-163-07.
View of two men standing next to the tail of a plane. Sign on plane reads: "Magnuson's 'Fly by Nite' - Air Taxi - Registered Guides. McGrath, Alaska." From front: "1960." Based on other photos in series, this photo was most likely taken at McGrath,...
Cyanotype portrait of a member of Expedition No. 3, the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition led by Edwin F. Glenn on behalf of the U.S. Army. He is wearing a hat and neckware, and has a mustache. The man is possibly George H. Howe, one of the...