Businessmen from Anchorage, Alaska seated at banquet, Washington, D.C. From verso: "1946. Washington D.C. Local businessmen chartered a flight to Washington D.C. to petition for an international airport for Anchorage. Sen. Gruening at far end of...
Fishing boats and pleasure boats line the docks of Harris Harbor on Gastineau Channel; the AEGIR and the GERTRUDE are in foreground; Douglas Island and mountains in background
Front Row:
1.
2. Hillery McKenna
3. Wren Girl (crossed out)
4. John Meyers
5. Geo Nelson
Second Row:
1. Lucile Fox
2. Alice King
3. Henrietta Heid
4. Celia Tibbits
5. Hilda Lillestrand
6. B. Mullea
7. B. Olds
8. Lily...
Man, woman and dog outside a small makeshift tent inside a building. Signs on the tent reads "Matanuska Chief"; "Duke's Home"; "And the Cat came back."
Verso: Duke Harris Tent in northern Saloon, Seward.
Physical description: 13 pages, handwritten on yellow legal-sized sheets. Places mentioned: Auk Bay (Alaska) ; Auk Village (Alaska) ; Berners Bay (Alaska) ; Cape St. Elias (Alaska) ; Douglas (Alaska) ; Douglas Island (Alaska) ; Fairheaven...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
Pilz grubstaked prospectors Richard Harris and Joseph Juneau to look for gold in Silverbow Basin; their discovery led to the settling of Juneau Note: original is in Wickersham, MS 107-67-15
Portrait photograph of Thomas Harris. This was taken when he served as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, held in Fairbanks at the University of Alaska, November 8, 1955 - February 6, 1956.
Red tinted label for a Tillicum cigar box with a double portrait of Richard Tighe Harris and Joseph Juneau, co-founders of Juneau. On front of image: Old Tillicum (a brand of cigars). Original label size: 4 3/4" x 4 1/2".