Title by cataloguer. Cataloguer's note: This is a view of the horizon which is vaguely visible; by contrast, the seal rookery in the foreground is distinct and in focus.
Title taken from caption. Panoramic view of horizon with Naknek Lake in center of photo, taken in what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1917.
Title taken from caption. Panoramic view of horizon, Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Alaska, as seen from Near Island. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1917.
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane with winter skis sits on a snow-covered landscape. Snow track of some kind can be seen in the left corner of the slide. Sun is low on the horizon, casting a red haze over the snow. Original format: 35mm color...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of the Village of Kodiak with several boats visible on the beach and in the water. A Russian Orthodox Church is visible near the center of the village on the horizon.
Title from accompanying notes. Yellow tent inside wall made of blocks of snow. Two men in red parkas, a backpack, orange trail marker and gear bags, and mountain peaks below the horizon.
A group of Inupiaq, mostly children, are sitting in the grass as a walrus skin is stretched and dried. Visible in the background are several buildings and a semi-subterranean sod house (far left on horizon). On the right side of the photo are two...
Title from caption. Further information on verso reads, "Kiana Belles. My big girls. From L. to R. Lucy, Mary, Kitty, Esther, Maggie, Anna, Hilda." Image shows seven girls standing and smiling while they pose for a photograph. The girls...
Relief shown by hachures. Engraved by J. & G. Menzies. "Projected and engraved for Thomson's New general atlas, 20th Sept. 1816." Glued to lower right corner: No. 6. Hand colored. 48 cm. in diameter.
Relief shown by hachures. Engraved by J. & G. Menzies. "Projected and engraved for Thomson's New general atlas, 20th Sept. 1816." Glued to upper right corner: No. 6. Trimmed from original size.
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
Photograph shows salmon drying on a six tier high rack made of tree trunks and possibly tree branches. The rack is double sided, an A-frame shape. Various grasses are surrounding the rack, and continuing off to the...
"Dediee et presente au roy par son tres humble, tres obeysant, et tres fidele serviteur et sujet Louis Claude de Vezou." "Gravee par J. Lattre." Includes 11 circular charts showing solar and lunar eclipses, positions of the horizon, and models of...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from verso. Photograph of a whaling ship that appears to be both a steam vessel and a sailing vessel. Several walruses can be seen in the foreground and a large number of sea birds are flying next to the ship. It appears that a whale is...