Title taken from donor's caption. "The two horses at left have stepped off into deep water and have been caught by the current. All these Alaskan glacier streams are swift water. No rowing was necessary as the current varied from three or four...
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.
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note.
Aerial view of Kodiak, Alaska, following the Alaska Earthquake and tidal wave 3/27/64. Many buildings are destroyed, and at least three boats are thrown ashore. A business sign on the...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon (Reconnaissance) -- Two U. S. Air Force B 58 "Hustler" aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] --Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
An aerial view of downtown Anchorage. Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U.S. Air Force B 58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
View of houses along the Anchorage coast, hit by the 1964 earthquake. Title taken from back of photo: "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U.S. Air Force B-58 "Hustler" aircraft from the 43rd Bomb...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U.S. Air Force B 58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from verso. Row of Caterpillar bulldozers at Galbraith Lake pipeline construction camp during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Brooks Range, Alaska. 1975? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...