Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a Fish and Wildlife Service airplane landed on snow. Caption from finding aid reads "FWS Super cub landed in highlands". Location is unknown.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Mar 11 - View north from point sheep landed - Forks". Photograph shows a tree and snow-covered mountain in the distance, two tree sit in the foreground.
Title from verso. Photograph of men carrying fence stakes for barb wire defenses. Verso reads: "U.S. soldiers who have just landed on the Aleutian Island 63 miles from Kiska, tote a mess of [unreadable] stakes for barbed wire...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of a camp during the advance across Attu Island. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay." "Attu Island--When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...
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 caption.
Other note reads, "(Reproduction) by Larky." A man, possibly a pilot of the zeppelin, is standing in the middle of the disassembled airship. This photo was taken in Teller, Alaska, where the Norge landed on its first flight...
Title taken from caption "Crew landed in Valdez. left to right: Charlie White, Arland Hagima, Bob Reeve, Bill Eger, Mike Knowles, Jack Hoare." View of five crewmembers of the Ruff & Tuff Mine and Bob Reeve standing under the wing of the plane that...
Photograph of the Airship Norge, after the dirigible landed at Teller, Alaska in 1926. The aircraft was dismantled and transported to Nome for shipment back to Europe.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows an airplane landed on a frozen lake. This appears to be the Fish and Wildlife Service Super Cub seen in photograph UAF-2010-25-95. Caption from finding aid reads "Enforced airplane on lake". ...