A steamship floats in a sea of ice. There are three men standing on ice in the foreground with tools, possibly trying to reach the stranded ship. This is probably the S.S. Portland. Photos UAF-1985-122-151 to...
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...
Title from indexer. Postcard back of the SS Portland. Narrative reads: "Cordova Alaska November 24-10, Dear Nina This is the Portland as she looked just before I left Katalla -- Will
Five people stand outside of the United States Commissioner's Office in Katalla, Alaska on Christmas Day. One of the five people is a woman another is a child.
Title from verso. Photograph of an oil drilling family and some equipment.
Verso reads: "They drill Alaska's oil wells. The man in the middle is Tom White The Sourdough driller. He drilled the first oil well in Alaska. The woman is...
Title from verso. Photograph of the launch "Pioneer" loading oil at Katalla, Alaska. Lettering on the ship reads "Pioneer Tacoma." A storage tank is visible at the far right. Verso reads: Launch Pioneer loading oil at Chilcat Oil...
Title from verso. Panoramic photograph of six men standing on a lake shore near an oil prospecting camp. Full caption from verso reads: "Prospecting for oil in Katalla. This is the Cudahy Company's oil outfit on the shores of Bering...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.