37 second, color/silent, film clip of President Eisenhower signing Alaska into statehood. Among the notables that can be identified are: President Dwight Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, Senator Bob Bartlet, Senator Ernest Gruening...
Four crewmen use hammers and axes to chop ice from the deck and rigging of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Ungala while it is at sea in the Gulf of Alaska. From verso: "Icebound Jan 1917. Revenue Cutter Ungala. Between [Situk?] and Yakutat Bay running into...
Title taken from verso. Exterior view of Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska, Alaska. Also from verso: "was seldom used then, but was in fairly good condition." Jan. 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from verso. View of Center Theater on Spenard Road next to Market Basket Foods in Anchorage, Alaska, with woman standing near sign listing movies and vehicles parked near building. Signs read: "Market Basket Foods" and "The Center...
Title taken from verso. Winter scene of docks at Seldovia, Alaska, with S.S. Cordova enroute for Aleutian Islands. Also from verso: "Almost no snow aboard Alaska [Steamship Company] S.S. "Cordova" enroute to Aleutian Ids." Jan. 1941. Original...
Title taken from image. Verso: Presiding: Charles D. Jones. Facing room (l. to r.): Dora Sweeny, Secretary; Julie Isaac, Assistant Secretary. Front row (l. to r.): W.L. Lhamon, Fairbanks; Elton Engstrom, Juneau; William A. Egan, Valdez;...
Governor Jay S. Hammond stands at the lectern addressing the audience during his first term in office; several other people are visible behind him on stage
Title taken from verso. Verso: Seated: Walter S. Pinkus, Wm. J. Niemi, A.F. Ghiglione, H.B. Schultz, B.D. Stewart Jr. Standing: John C. Fox, William P. Cameron, H.W. Johansen, M.C. Zimmerman, E.J. White, L.A. Hatchett, John M. Cooley, Harry O....
Title from verso Paratroopers of the 503rd Airborne Infantry, from Fort Bragg, N.C., nearing the landing area, after making a jump from a C-123 in preparation for Operation "Caribou Creek." A green smoke bomb is in the foreground, giving the...
Title from image caption The winners: Mrs. [Hannah] Swanson and her team of seven dogs; Course: Flat-Discovery-Flat-Iditarod-Flat; Distance 20.2 Miles; Time: 2:51:36 A crowd of spectators lines the finish chute as Mrs. Currin finishes...
Title from image caption The winners: Mrs. [Hannah] Swanson and her team of seven dogs; Course: Flat-Discovery-Flat-Iditarod-Flat; Distance 20.2 Miles; Time: 2:17:44 A crowd of spectators lines the finish chute as Mrs. Swanson finishes...
Title from image caption Also from caption: the destination is "Grays Camp on Kitsina River" Busy street scene in winter, with five teams of horses; A. L. Levy & Co. businesses are prominent in background Photographer's number G 1103