Title taken from verso. From finding aid: "Looking Toward Little Butte." View of a snow covered farmhouse and dutch style barn located in a clearing. Snow covered peaks in the background. Photographic postcard; postcard size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.
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 taken from image. Formal studio portrait of three men, seated. Image: George Shortridge [Shotridge], George Kaushty, Koo-Too-At. The three chiefs who gave the big potlatch at Kluckwan, Aug. 20, 1900. Photographer's number 41.
Title taken from image. Verso: The inside passage 1000 miles long looks like a river most of the way. Sometimes a waterfall drops from top of mountain direct to sea. Photographer's number 509.
Title taken from image. Image: Original spruce foundation post, 3 ft. in diameter, upon which the old Russian Foundry stood that cast the first bells on the pacific coast, and where San Francisco's first bells were cast.
Verso: Mr. Paul Shudura
Kenai Alaska
Seldovia
Sept. 23, 1918
My dear friend Paul Shudura
I am writing you a few lines to
let you know I am well and
hope you are the same. I get registered
this town and Admiral...
Title taken from front. View of Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska, looking south toward Resurrection Bay. 1906? Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of very early Seward, Alaska, Resurrection Bay in the background. Railroad tracks are visible beyond the buildings. Also from front: "J.E.T." 1904-1910. Photographer: John E. Thwaites. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x...
Title taken from front. The U.S. Cruiser Maryland arrived in Seward, Alaska with a crew of 810 on July 30, 1912. Naval staff from the Maryland investigated the Alaskan coal reserves while in port. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Boys and girls with American flags and banners lined up to be in the parade on the 4th of July in Seward, Alaska. Mount Alice is visible in the background. 1905-1910? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 31/2".
Title from front. Four men with a dog team and sled fully loaded in Seward, Alaska. A stove is lashed onto the back of the sled. 1905-1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of Seward, Alaska taken from a boat on Resurrection Bay. Mt. Marathon and Bear Mountain are in the background. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of Seward, Alaska looking north from Resurrection Bay. John E. Thwaites' photographer's mark is on the front of the photograph. 1905-1910. Photographer: J.E. Thwaites. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".