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 caption: "No. 1 above Discovery Cleary Creek, Alaska, Fairbanks mining dist." Written on front of postcard, " Showing mode of dumping the buckets of gravel which is taken out of ground. Sluice boxes on troughs are laid at side of...
Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska in July 1909 and addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Ridgeway, Tex. [Texas]. Written on the verso, "July 17, 09. Dear folks at home, I supose [suppose] you are feeling mean at me for...
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf showing five steamships. An advertisement for Moore's Wharf Co. is attached. Caption reads: "Moore's Wharf Skaguay Alaska 4 years after completion. July 4th 1904 date of this photo. No. 1....
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title by indexer. View of Holy Cross taken from a ship on the Yukon River. Image shows community and church buildings on the shore and large white cross on a hillside in the background. Two men are rolling oil barrels on the left side of the...
Ttitle hand-written on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 19, 1961 and depicts a view of the Fairbanks Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, taken from Mauk's plane on the runway. There is a woman and two children standing on...
Title taken from label on front. View of heavy ice breakup on Tanana River at Alaska Engineering Commission dock in Nenana, Alaska on May 11, 1921 at 6:42 a.m. Men stand on railroad tracks on dock and hoisting machinery with hook visible in right...
Title from image caption Full caption: "On board S.S. Senator on last trip from Nome to Seattle, season 1909, Pacific Ocean, Nov. 5th" Note on album: "Wm. W. Sale on far left walking on the deck with cap on and bow tie" ...
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Accession Number: 433 Old Num: 110 Description: wood; carved Found: arctic ocean Descriptive Narrative: Spare paddle blade carved from natural light colored wood. Both sides of the blade have a central ridge with the back ridge...
Title from verso. Image of the Cushman Street Bridge crossing the Chena Slough (later Chena River), looking north. A crowd of people is visible on the bridge, while the Catholic church (apparently Immaculate Conception) and a hill are visible...
Additional text on photo reads: "A. E. C. G560. P. S. Hunt." Text on album page reads: "Picture of the town of Wasilla, Mile 159 on the Government Railroad, taken on the day of the first sale of lots, June 20,...
Title from caption. Photograph of a fish wheel near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish, specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish wheels, two of which...
Title from caption. Photograph of Sam the cat on the Rivenburg's roof in Rampart. Narrative in photo album reads: "Picture on the roof of the back entrance to our kitchen in Rampart. Sam lived on whole raw rabbits which I shot with a '22'...