Title from verso. Image shows a young woman seated by gold mining equipment and holding a pan full of gold nuggets, smiling. Behind her a pile of tailings is visible and next to her appears to be a sluice box. Photo may have been taken...
Title taken from caption. "11501 -- (8) At the time of the breaking up of the ice, the Alaskan days are already long, and the continued rays of the sun speedily reduce the blocks of stranded ice on the shores to their lowest terms. Within a...
Title from verso. Two men using a sawhorse to hand-mill lumber. One man is standing on top of the saw horse. The men are standing in a clearing near a forest with snow-capped mountains in the background. Photo may have been taken by...
Eight men, one woman gathered on roof. Left to right:
1. Myrven H. Sides, Deputy Collector of Customs
2. Governor George Parks
3. Steamboat Inspection Service Inspector of Hulls
4. John C. McBride, Collector of Customs & Custodian of...
Title from verso. Image shows a white man dressed in Native fur clothing standing by the door to a cabin. Individual may be Calvin Townsend who worked as a game warden for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries starting in 1913. Calvin Townsend...
Title taken from caption. "9355 -- (3) The two oldest transportation companies operating on the Yukon are the Alaskan Commercial Company and the North American Trading & Transportation Company. They are located on the little harbor about a...
Title taken from caption. "9272 -- (31) On March 28, 1898, the government reindeer relief expedition landed at Haines Mission. The herd then numbered 525.
From the date of the landing of the deer at Haines Mission the story of the...
Title from verso. Image shows salmon drying on a fish rack along a river bank. Part of a smoke house is also visible up the bank on the right side of the image. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries...
Title from verso. Image show the Public Library, First Avenue and Cowles Street, Fairbanks. Flower boxes on the porch, a wooden boardwalk in front of the building and a small birch tree are also visible. Photo may have been taken by...
Title taken from caption. "9282 -- (32) It frequently happens that two men, partners, will wander a considerable distance from any settlement and construct their cabin in the primitive wilds of Alaska. From this center they revolve in their...
Title from verso. Image shows a large garden at a fish camp along the Tanana River. The garden contains several rows of leafy plants. A man in a hat can be seen standing at the edge of the river bank slightly to the left of the center of the...
Title from verso. Image shows a flower path leading to a house that has been constructed of hand-hewn logs and lumber. Wooden boards form a boardwalk between the two rows of flowers on the path. Nasturtiums and other flowers are shown climbing...
Title from verso. Image shows several dozen fox pelts hung on a fence in front of a building. Buildings are assocaited with the Kayak Island Fox Ranch. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries game...
Title taken from creator's notes. Caption reads: General Dwight Eisenhower (center) visited Fairbanks military facilities to "review the troops." Great plans were made, however, a rain storm put everyone inside the (one & only) big hangar. The...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
Title taken from caption. "11507 -- (5) The stories we read of life in the Arctic usually persuade us to believe that only the most robust persons should venture into those latitudes, and then only when well provided with an ample wardrobe of...
Title from verso. Image shows a woman standing in a garden. Next to her on the right side of the image is a wire fence. On the left side of the image a house is visible. Several plants, flowers, and a large tree are visible. Photo may...