Title from note on verso Additional information on verso: Last [Cessna] 185 purchased by ACA [Alaska Coastal Airlines] and used privately by Shell Simmons from 1969-1975; then purchased by Bill Burnhart and operated by Juneau Air Taxi in 1975;...
Title taken from caption: "Ship Star of Alaska at anchor in Chignik Bay." View of the ship "Star of Alaska" docked in Chignik Bay, Alaska. The ship started out as the "Balclutha" on January 15, 1887 under British registry, and in 1899 it...
View of a group of women standing next to a fire department car (ambulance?) in Anchorage, Alaska. Christine McClain is the third woman from the right of the photo. The women are holding small cans that read "Give American Cancer Society" and bags...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
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.
"Ott and Scheele owned the Northern Commercial Co. store at Eagle, Alaska. Having purchased it when the Northern Commercial Co. discontinued their Eagle Trading Co store at the left of the picture, he dealt mostly with the natives. The building at...
Title from caption. Photograph of a group of goats in a harness. Caption reads "My Angora Goat team Skaguay Alaska, 1898. I had 10 of these goats, and they used to wander up in the hills back of my home and return to their corrall. I...
Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
51 second, black and white, silent film clip of the ferry M/V Kalakala (meaning "Flying Bird" in Chinook). Originally launched as the Peralta on October 14, 1926, in San Francisco, she burned to the waterline on May 6, 1933. The intact hull was...
Title taken from caption. "A view taken at Mile 14 on the Alaska Northern Railroad. The Alaska Northern Railroad, extending from Seward to Kern Creek, a distance of 71 miles, was purchased by the Government in August, 1915. No repairs had...
Title taken from caption. "The camp at Rainbow Creek, Mile 94 on the Government Railroad. The body of water is Turnagain Arm, and on the opposite shore the town of Hope is located. The route of the Government Railroad was designated under the...
Title taken from caption. "The Chase's cabin at foot of College Hill. Cabin in background then occupied by Sebenthaler (the College carpenter) later occupied by Prof & Mrs. Gasser. Chase's cabin was built by "Jack" Shanley the first graduate....
Title by indexer. A woman in front of James Wickersham's house.
"Originally situated on the corner of 1st Avenue and Noble Street. It was the first house in Fairbanks built with milled lumber and a white picket fence. The lot was...
Title taken from caption. "Tanana Valley R. R. Trains at Fox, Alaska. Hand colored." Business signs visible include: "Chesley & Ryan General Merchandise, Miners Supplies - Steam Fitting" and "P.C.S.Co Market".
Mayor and members of the city government signing Anchorage, Alaska library bonds. From verso: "Zachary Loussac, Mayor of Anchorage, signing agreement re sale of $300,000 City of Anchorage Library Bonds. Standing, left to right, John Hellenthal,...
View of reindeer inside airplane in Anchorage, Alaska, with flight crew and reindeer herders in background. Negative number 4455-3. 1959. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7". Information on original Wells negative sleeve:...