Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Label on album page reads: "A series of pictures showing the construction of the Gov. R.R. on the north end of the road where construction was started in 1915." Photograph label reads: "In March 1914 an act of Congress gave...
Full label reads: "Laying steel on Tanana river, Spring of 1919. This track was used to transfer rolling stock to the railroad on north side of river where the road had been completed to Fairbanks."
Red tinted label for a Tillicum cigar box with a double portrait of Richard Tighe Harris and Joseph Juneau, co-founders of Juneau. On front of image: Old Tillicum (a brand of cigars). Original label size: 4 3/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from front. Collection of mosses mounted with label, Nome, Alaska. From label front: "Nome, Alaska, April 17, 1908. Tundra moss collected by Mrs. ... Dessung." April 17, 1908. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from label on matting. View of building housing trading post and store at Matanuska Colony, Palmer, Alaska. Also from label: "Temp 60." Photographer's number 8116. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8"...
Title taken from label on matting. View of buildings housing school auditorium and lodge in Palmer, Alaska, with flagpole in front of building at center. Also from label: "Temp 63." Photographer's number 8118. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame....
Title taken from label on matting. View of hospital at Matanuska Colony, Palmer, Alaska, with truck parked at far right. Also from label: "Temp 74." Photographer's number 8121. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8"...
Title taken from label on matting. View of building housing creamery in Palmer, Alaska, with cars parked in front of building and water tower in background. Also from label: "Temp 59." Photographer's number 8115. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B....
Title taken from label on matting. View of highway between Palmer and Anchorage, Alaska. Also from label: "Temp 66." Photographer's number 8119. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. View of knives carved of walrus ivory displayed at Nome, Alaska. Images on knives portray rabbit and bears, and handles are shaped as person, seal, fish, and bear. Also from label: "Nome." Photographer's number...
Title taken from label on matting. View of implements carved from ivory displayed at Nome, Alaska. Also from label: "Nome." Photographer's number 7914. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. Figure of people with sled dog team carved from walrus ivory displayed in Nome, Alaska. Also from label: "Nome." Photographer's number 7918. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 9 5/8" x...
Title taken from label on matting. View of construction of McKinley Park Hotel at railroad station at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. Also from label: "(Temp. 122)." Photographer's number 8159. Sept....