Two minute, 4 second film clip, black & white/silent, of life in Anchorage, 1915-1917. Clip is in a film newsreel format and shows Anchorage street scenes, the 3 in 1 Laundry, a pie eating contest, some Anchorage houses, the Alaska Labor Union of...
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Title taken from caption. Lowering a life boat off the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa to practice rescues. En route from Juneau to Yakutat. There is a village in the background, possibly Juneau. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian...
Title taken from creator's notes. Note reads: "Ballaine with his favorite milk goat. Hay shed was attached to the barn that housed three horses and three goats."
Title taken from back of photograph. "Bailey's off campus living quarters and shared by mining engineering students in 1940 and 1941. The structure was built during the summer of 1939. The frame was built (?) of 2" x 6" rough hauled from a...
Title taken from caption. "13 Apr 45." In this picture members of WAC and other male soldiers are gathered during what appears to be a social occasion.
Title taken from image. United States Army Corps of Engineers company area at Fort Raymond. Image shows a long line of men queued up in front of the mess hall, waiting for their meal. Original photograph size: 2 7/8 x 4 5/8 inch.
Military personnel marching in formation down a dirt road past a line of ambulances in Adak, Alaska. Quonset huts and other buildings of the 179th Station Hospital visible in the background. Original photograph size: 3 1/2 x 5 inch.
A group of military personnel march past a brass band during a unit dress parade at the 179th Station Hospital, Adak, Alaska, August 1943 - October 1945.
A group of military personnel stand and sit on a wooden porch outside a building that has a large sign with the word "Tundarena" on it. This is the Tundarena theater at Adak. This photo was probably sold through the Post Exchange (980-1...
Title from verso. A group of soldiers from Battery "E" pose for a photograph in front of an army tent at Fort Raymond, Seward. Battery "E" was in the 205th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) Battalion (renamed the 420th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft)...
Technical Sergeant "Mill" Plum standing beside the door of a Quonset hut buried in snow. He was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Original photograph size: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch.
Group portrait of three servicemen standing outside a Post Service Club. Sign on building reads "Post Service Club". From album caption [left to right]: "Mill Bill John. May 44." From verso: "May '44. Bill Hern, John Foley, & I." Original...
Title from verso. Technical sergeant "Mill" Plum poses beside another serviceman (Tony) holding a jackhammer. Text on top left of image: "Tony Mill Aug 44." Original photograph size: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch. Aleutians.