A long line of people climb the Chilkoot Trail with their full backpacks. Another large group of people are near the base of the trail, possibly assembling and preparing to ascend the Trail. There seems to a...
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...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from image. Photograph of few men watching the departure of a pack train. Narrative in photo album reads: "Postmaster Mr. Fleishman in white shirt."
Title from caption in album: "Aug 10 - Pack train approaching west side of Bog Hill". Photograph shows a few donkeys carrying packs near a stream. The photograph is dark.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 19 - Five caribou bulls on bar near head of west branch of Toklat". Photograph shows what appears to be a packtrain far in the distance on a dry riverbed. They are surrounded by mountain tops covered by clouds....
Title from caption of photograph UAF-2009-123-8, current caption in album: "Aug 19 - Same after they began to move nearer". Photograph shows a packtrain far in the distance on what appears to be a dry riverbed. They are surrounded by mountain...
Title from caption in album: "Packing after lunch at Moose Creek." Photograph shows a man standing next to a pack train of horses. They are all standing amongst black spruce trees and thick brush.
Title from caption in album: "July 22 - Fording Moose Creek." Photograph shows a packtrain of horses crossing a small stream; a rider sits atop the rear horse.
Title from caption in album: "July 25 - On the trail - upproaching the McKinley river". Photograph shows two men leading a packtrain of four horses. The horses appear to be carrying a lot of supplies.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 8 - Pack train approaching down McKinley river". Photograph shows a man with three horses near a small pond or lake. They are walking on a open, flat expanse of tundra.
The H. C. Barley Photographs consist of more than 200 images of Skagway and vicinity in Alaska as well as nearby parts of northwestern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Barley, the official photographer for the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad,...
Title taken from caption. "9271 -- (30) In this view we have an excellent representation of a Lapland reindeer train ready to start on its journey over the limitless fields of snow. We notice the broad hoofs of the deer, wisely provided by...
Title taken from caption. The sign on the side of the building confirms that this is Wortman's road house, which offers the service of Freighting to the Summit on the Fairbanks - Valdez trail. Photo by Johnson, and image is hand-colored.