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 front. Display of photos of men in eight hospital beds donated by Alaska Engineering Commission to American hospital in Neuilly, France during World War I. French and American flags appear above letter displayed in center of photo...
Title from verso. "Gene Jack, rt. mechanic - left. AC [Arcitc Commercial Co] 78. Flight Sea - FAI Dec. '46. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy. Kay J. Kennedy P. O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, AK 99708." Two men are standing close to an airplane. The...
Photo caption "Bob Reeve, Owen Meals, Beals (stockholder in Ruff & Tuff Mine) near Cliff Mine. (man with back to camera unknown)." View is of four men working on a bushplane, one is Bob Reeve owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve...
Title taken from verso. Winter view of a wooden trestle crossing tracks on the Alaska Railroad. A sign on the right reads: Warning Unauthorized persons are not permitted to walk through tunnels or under trestles. 4x5 contact print, 4x5 neg
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
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,...
Title taken from text on image. The family of Rubye Johnson poses for a photograph in the snow outside a log cabin in Anchorage. Persons identified (L-R): Ellen, Vic, Bertha, Rubye, Mama. Original photograph size: 3 3/8 x 5 ½.
Title taken from verso. Verso: 11 persons standing clockwise. 1. Edward DeGroff, U.S. Commissioner, Sitka
2. unknown
3. Edward S. Stackploe, U.S. Commissioner, Ketchikan
4. C.C. Page, Clerk of the Court
5. H.H. Folsom,...
Verso: Many of Alaska's salmon canneries are located along uninhabited parts of the coast and mainland. More than 25,000 persons find world [work] annually in the fishing industry.
Text accompanying image: The surgeon examines the patient's throat muscles to determine if they are sufficiently relaxed to permit the use of a bronchoscope.