Relief shown pictorially. Shows major routes of exploration. From Thomas Jefferys and others, The American atlas. Series: A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows major routes of exploration. From Thomas Jefferys and others, The American atlas. Series: A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and...
Description from ASL-P155-1-42 reads: Eight men pose in uniform in front of what looks to be a betting board for a dog sled race beginning in Candle and continuing through Council and Safety, ending at Cape Nome and...
Caption reads: "[unknown] Front St. - Nome, Alaska - after storm. [Oc?]-6-13." Image is of the aftermath of a storm in Nome, Alaska. Debris, logs, and lumber line where a street had been. There are remains of buildings...
Caption reads: "Elite - after storm. 6-13. Nome Alaska - 13." Photo shows wood planks and lumber from buildings as well as barrels strewn about the ground as the result of a storm. A few buildings and two building...
Verso-Viewing Yukon Damsite--Among a group of engineers, specialists and consultants to visit Rampart Canyon damsite on May 28 were Dr. William R. Wood, left, President of the University of Alaska, and Member of the Rampart Advisory Board; and...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows major routes to gold fields and distances of some legs of the routes. Inset: [Aleutian Islands.] Ancillary map: Map of Alaska showing route from Portland & Seattle. Printed for Klondike Grub...
Relief shown by hachures. "Apres la carte du G'd. Ocean par Delamarche, success'r. de Vaugondy." Prime meridian: Paris. Outline color. Hand-colored. Colors identify major religions of regions. 22 x 37 cm.
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a large bridge over a river as seen from the shore. This bridge appears to be Miles Glacier Bridge, also known as the "Million Dollar Bridge".
Location on the Copper River near Cordova, Alaska....
Title from image. Caption reads: "5001st Air Base Group -- Ladd Air Force Base. Alaska -- June 21, 1949. Colonel Neil O. van Sickle, C.O. -- Major W.K. Roberts, Acting C.O." Panoramic photograph of the 5001st Air Base Group.
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...
"Two generals -- It is easy enouth [enough] to recognize General Pershing, but the business-like man in flying togs talking to him is Major General Charles T. Menoher, Chief of the Air Service, just returning after...
(5:15 min.) (05 of 27) Alaska Road Commission
Alaska Road Commission -- access in Alaska authority of U. S. Army. Started with authority to create WAMCATS. Three Army officers were to maintain building roads and trails, almost no...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title from indexer. A man looks on from the deck of the Cape Victory, an Alaska Steamship Company vessel, which was regularly contracted to do transport work for canneries. Pier 42, pictured here, was a major transportation hub for travel to...
"Presentation of the Col. Raul Esteves Cup to Camp "El Caribe" of the P. R. R. A.--the presentation is being made by Dr. Ernest H. Gruening, Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions and Administratory of the P. R. R. A. to...
Title taken from caption. "Revenue Cutter ' Bear' arriving at Valdez, Alaska Sept. 26, 1908 with Japanese seal poacher." Cataloguer's note: From 1874 - 1913 the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the United States...