116 second film clip, color/silent. Film shows B-24s taking off and flying a mission to bomb Kiska during WW II. Produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
35 second film clip, color/silent. Film shows Barrow as seen from an airplane and the ground. From "A time to remember" by the North Slope Borough Planning Dept., produced by Media Design Associates, Inc. (Boulder, Colo.); producer,...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of garden. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left is the garden produced by these workers showing the potatoes in bloom. These people never knew vegetables until introduced by white men. They are very...
Title by indexer. Photo caption: "Venus the Milo in solid gold, cast by the Washington Alaska Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska by J. Adams, assayor gold produced from 2 below Ester owned by H. G. C. Baldry. Value $49,750", [A. J. Johnson] is faded in...
Title from caption. Photograph of Andersons on their homestead. Narrative in photo album reads: "All produced by their own labor, cabin, cache, beautiful flowers and garden products. The Anderson family lived near the river below Rampart. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of the Andersons as Mr. Anderson feeds the chickens. Some of the garden is visible. Narrative in photo album reads: "All produced by their own labor, cabin, cache, beautiful flowers and garden products. The...
Title from indexer. Additional narrative in donor notes reads: "Our sled dog Iolanthe, bred by Milton Swan in Kivalina, lost much of her left hind leg when, with her stake-out chain accidentally wrapped around it during one winter night, her...
100 second film clip, color and black & white with an audio track. The clip shows damage from the 1964 Earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio track remarks on the dollar value of the damage, the loss of industry and effects on the...
Relief shown pictorially. In color. Includes "Terra Della Compas" and several large islands off the northeast coast of Asia. A number of Russian place names are included. "Tom 8 pag. 306." From volume 8 of Thomas Salmon's "Modern...
Fairbanks 1967 flood photographs is a collection of over 200 color slides and currently 3 color photographs developed from the slides. The slides include images of Fairbanks and surrounding areas submerged, notably the downtown area showing water...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of the construction and operation of the Alaska Railroad and early campsite of Anchorage, Alaska. Narration describes the development of the ARR.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip of the LeTourneau snowtrain. Narration briefly describes the role of the snowtrain in re-supplying the Distant Early Warning [DEW] stations.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the early Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Narration discusses the use of the sailboats during the time that power boats were banned from Bristol Bay, a ban that lasted until the...
62 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Narration briefly describes the earthquake, tsunami, and the resulting devestation.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of reindeer herding. Narration briefly describes the history of reindeer herding in Alaska.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...