Delegation celebrates Alaska's Statehood by posing in front of a 49 star flag. Identified are Representative Ralph Rivers (far left), Ernest Gruening (beneath flag), Bob Bartlett (next to Gruening in light colored suit), Bob Atwood (holding flag),...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, probably signing the Alaska Statehood, (seated center) with Vice-president Richard M. Nixon (seated left) and the Alaska delegation behind. Alaska delegation includes left to right Ralph Rivers, Ernest Gruening and...
Military officer holds out a 49 star flag with notable politicians surrounding. Identified are Vice-president Richard M. Nixon on far left, Bob Bartlett left of flag holder, President Dwight Eisenhower under the flag, and Ralph Rivers left of...
Title taken from verso. On verso a letter from the Public Information Division of the United States Coast Guard, dated 14 November 1948, is printed. The letter says the following about this photo: "Offical U.S. Coast Guard Photo. United...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows people standing nearby buses on a dirt road outside of a hotel. The buses are loaded up with luggage. Caption from finding aid reads "Buses at Hotel in McKinley Park January 1949". Location is...
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Photo and title from a printed brochure kept in photo album.
Falcon Joslin (1866-1928), an attorney from Tennessee, came north to Dawson, Yukon, in 1897 and worked as a mining broker. He also organized and was president of Dawson Electric...
Photograph of the opening of the Alaska Centennial Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Museum. Visible left to right are Sen. E. L. Bartlett; S. Dillion Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; and Sen. Ernest...