A miner in a makeshift tent stands with pick and hatchet in hand at Seward, Alaska. A drill and steel are on his left and sticks of blasting powder are on the ground in front of him. 1910? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5...
Title taken from creator's notes.
Color photograph of a sternwheeler with the following notes: This riverboat connected Fairbanks with Anchorage. The captain notified the military when they could come to pick up their shipments. This included...
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Group portrait in Tanana, Alaska with the following people identified left to right: Dr. Cook, Mr. Adams, Miss Pick (later Mrs. Adams), Arthur Wright, Mrs. Wright and Bishop Rowe.
Group portrait taken in Tanana, July 30, 1922, with identifications left to right: Johnnie Fred, Mr. Adams, Miss Pick (later Mrs. Adams), Arthur Wright, Mrs. Wright and Bishop Rowe.
Title from caption. Photograph of a fish wheel near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish, specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish wheels, two of which...
Title from image. Photograph of a fishwheel on the Yukon River near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish...
Title from caption. Photograph of the sternwheeler Yukon as the crew picks up ice. Narrative in photo album reads: "Our boat the Yukon stops to pick up river ice, June 21st, to make ice cream for dinner."
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
70 second film clip, color/silent, of fishing near Deering, Alaska. A man and a boy in a small rowboat set the net and haul it in. People on shore help pull it in and pick the fish out.
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title from accompanying notes. "Pete. The 'Twa Harpies', the highest unclimbed peaks in Alaska and the principal mountains we'd come to climb, are in the background." A man in red parka, sunglasses, holding an ice pick is posed in front of...
Title from accompanying notes. Man carrying set of packs on his back. He is wearing snow goggles, and carrying two packs, two fuel cans, rope, and an ice pick. A pair of gloves is tucked on top of his pack.