(3:09 min.) (01 of 09) 1. Early life Les's father went north with the gold rush; when he found that the claims had all been staked, he and his partners opened up a paint and wallpaper store. Les moved to Fairbanks with his wife and eldest...
(3:26 min.) (02 of 27) Family history: Father
Father from Norway at 10 years old. 1896 came to Alaska for the Hope/Sunrise gold rush. Father carried mail from Seward to Matanuska Valley. Father wouldn't eat Hooligan. Ran a transport boat...
116 second film clip, color/sound. From title frame: "Boucher Collection, 12/19/96". Film shows Ted Stevens talking about issuing stamps for the 100th anniversary of the Alaskan Gold Rush.
1st row - left to right:
McIntyre, W. W., Pendleton, Ore
Jones, C. L., Elloree, S. C.
Rank, C. B., Hutchinson, Kan.
White, J. E., Sedalia, Mo.
Wallace, M. L., Albany, Texas
Brevet, E. F., Spokane, Wash.
Lt. (jg) R. C....
A Wisconsin legislator and U.S. Attorney, Delaney moved to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush and served as the first mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1900 to 1901
Anchorage Garden Club officers Betty N. Stenehjem (with gavel) and Evelyn Rush behind table at Anchorage Garden Club meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Map of Alaska is on wall at left and Alaskan flag stands at right. From caption: "President - Betty...
Caption below image reads, "Where I passed a cold night." Three men stand in snow near front of Long Lake Hotel Restaurant, mountains behind; no other buildings in sight.
Close-up view of prospectors, dogs, shelters, and stacks of gear in area of scales; in the background are people climbing to and returning from the summit Photographer's number 13