Title taken from caption. View of an Alaska Native woman standing next to a clothesline with grass hanging to dry. There is a wooden building in the background. From May's journal, dated July 12th: "The grass that is cut for making baskets, is cut...
Title form verso partially obscured. Photograph of Kiska invasion command during a meeting to discuss the final plans. Verso reads: "American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska, vast Japanese stronghold in the Aleutians, without...
Title taken from front. Sled dog teams line up on Fourth Avenue in front of Brown & Hawkins after bringing a load of gold dust in from the Iditarod gold fields, Seward, Alaska. From front: "1/2 ton gold dust largest shipment ever carried by dog...
Title taken from verso. A long line of people are seen coming up the hill, during an event that appears to be ceremonial. Each is holding firewood. A church is visible to the right. [Place identified as Anvik by comparison with...
41 second film clip, black & white/silent of disaster relief including children being given shots, and lying on sleeping bags and of people standing in line and being served food.
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from verso. Street scene of Fourth Avenue looking east towards mountains. Anchorage, May 15, 1949. Signs for 1st National Bank and 4th Avenue Theater. Cars line the street, and pedestrians can be seen walking. Stop lights hang above the...
Title taken from verso. Anchorage's July Fourth Festival, 1949, on Fourth Avenue between E and F streets. Spectators line the street and stand on rooftops as a car goes by. Businesses shown include Smart Shop: ladies apparel, The Gitchell, Lee's...
Title taken from verso. View of construction of gas line running from Prudhoe Bay to Pump Station number 4 near Galbraith Lake during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Brooks Range, Alaska. Also from verso: "Here the trench is dug as line will...
Young girls at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska line up to receive a dose of medicine in front of a stove. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1946-1955. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title from caption. Photograph shows A St. during an auction of lots. Tents line the street, and there are many people standing about. Caption also reads: "No. 32. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Title from caption. Photograph shows A Street in Nenana, Alaska. Tents line the street, and men can be seen standing about and talking. Caption also reads: "No. 40. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Title taken from label on front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission wagon bridge over Cantwell Creek in Interior Alaska, at railroad construction site at mile 316 of railroad line. Also from label: "T 217." An Alaska Engineering Commission...
Title from caption. Photograph shows Main Street in Nenana, Alaska, line by A.E.C. cottages. Caption also reads: "No. 133. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Aerial view of coast of Siberia, Russia, as seen during flight from Nome to Northeast Cape, Alaska, with wing of airplane visible in photo. From slide mount: "Russian coast line in flight - Nome to NE. Cape - Sept 6, 1955." Photograph type: 35 mm...
Title added by cataloger. After part of a before and after photos; old line follows a creek and new line jumps back and forth crossing the creek several times to avoid tree falls and spring floods. It is 5582 feet from one end of the canyon to...