A musher poses with a dog sled while crossing Rainy Pass on the Iditarod Trail in late March 1920. The trip was made by George Glass, his 17 year old son Ophir Glass, and Irving Reed. It is unknown which of them is the...
View of Valdez, Alaska with snowy mountains in the background. The photograph was taken by Irving Reed from the steamer Alameda while traveling from Seattle to Seward. The Alameda arrived in Seward on March 14, 1920. The...
View down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska on March 15, 1920. The store on the left looks like it says Brown & Hawkins. Another photograph (AMRC-b65-2-4) says there is a Brown & Hawkins store on 4th Avenue. There was...
2 maps on one sheet. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Description of the Dominion of Canada on verso. Pp. 13-14. Decorative borders. In color.
Published in [New York] by J. H. Colton & Co. in 1855. Scale is [ca....
Shows Novaya Zemlya and northern continental coastline. Includes notes on 1594/95/96 discoveries. Relief shown pictorially. Illustrated with sailing ships, sea monsters, various people and animals of the region, as well as Barents's hut, where...
"The five officers who flew the 9,000 miles from New York to Nome and back in 110 flying hours. Left to right: Capt. St. Clair Street, Commanding; 1st lieut. Clifford C. Nutt; 2d Lieut. Eric C. Nelson; 2d Lieut. C....
"Possible only in a democratic Army such as ours -- Officers and men in a friendly group--Capt. Douglass; Lieut. C.H. Crumrine; Lieut. Ross C. Kirkpatrick; Lieut. Eric C. Nelson; Sergeant Albert Vierra, Master...
Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa prepare to launch a surf boat to investigate a distressed vessel. From May's journal, dated June 1st: "By radio we hear that two boats have been reported missing, and we are now searching for them....
Title taken from caption."Alaska Nellie" Lawing posing in front of her cabin. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "Near the dock where we landed there is a home owned by one Nellie. I found out that Nellie is a well-known Alaskan character. Stolfe...
Title taken from caption. Crewmember from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morris holding a bald eagle he'd shot. From May's journal, dated June 19th: "Some of the boys from the Morris came ashore to hunt eagles, but only one of them was successful. The...
Title taken from caption. View of the coastline of Bering Island from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. From May's journal, dated July 13th: "It is peculiar that these islands appear to be different from the Aleutians. They are low and...
Title taken from caption. Actually the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter William J. Duane (later shortened to "Duane"). From May's journal, dated August 9th: "The Duane is 328 feet long with a 40 foot beam, but only draws 12 feet of water, which seems almost...
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph wearing a kamlayka, and holding a pair of snowshoes and mukluks. May explains receiving these gifts in the following journal entry, dated July 20th: "Agefangle Prokopioff brought in a pair...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United States...