"Jack got a good snap of a cow moose one day above the camp. They were a common sight on most of the creeks. Sometimes a dozen could be seen on short trips up and down the creeks."
Handwritten note reads "South Eastern [Southeastern] Alaska." Snow covered mountains provide backdrop to a body of water surrounded by wooden buildings. One of the buildings has a sign that reads "Center of the...
Caption: Willard L. Bowman, Executive Director, State Commission for Human Rights, visits with Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett during a short stay in Washington. From Washington Mr. Bowman, long-time resident of Anchorage, flew to Toledo to join Mrs....
Relief shown by hachures. Panel title. "For the purpose of giving the general public reliable information regarding Alaska and a better understanding of Alaskan conditions." Text on verso lists basic information on Alaska's economy, minerals,...
Title taken from verso. Full verso reads: "Slim riding a bucking two-wheeler through the Alaska muskeg. May 1939." Slim Williams was a musher, trapper, mail carrier, and adventurer who came to Alaska during the Klondyke Gold Rush. In...
Title by indexer. Image shows a lake lined by birch trees and spruces, with a small building just off the short behind trees. Photo identified by collection donor as formerly belonging to George Lockyear. George Lockyear served in...
Woman wearing a short, dark dress with dark tights and shoes standing outside near a log building lined with flowers. She's smiling and has her hands behind her head. It looks like a summer day.
Title by cataloger. Photograph of the Rivenburg's backyard after a snow storm. Narrative from photo album reads: "A view of our backyard taken after a snowstorm. The actual scene was one of great beauty with every weed, bush, tree and even...
Title from caption. Photograph of harvesting wheat using horse drawn agricultural equipment. Narrative in photo album read: "At right. Header & header box harvesting crop. Wheat is so short that when heads are cut off only stubble is left. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of a moose wearing a bridle and reclining on the grass. Caption reads: "My moose short time before he died about 2 years old. Skagway, Al."
Title from image. Photograph of the Saw Tooth Mountains and the tracks of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. Title reads: "Saw Tooth Mts. from tunnel WP&YR" Photographers No. 749." Caption reads: "Short distance from SKaguay, Al."
(9:33 Min.) (02 of 09)
Barging
landmarks -- sandbars; night navigation; freight -- food, machinery, lumber; 120 tons a trip; short season; steamboats; Peterson, Don; changes in handing freights; forklift; building of the barge; barge history; army;...
(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
Shows western tip of the Aleutians, from Attu to Semisopochnoi Island. Shows tracks of Billings and Sarychev. Inset: Note sur les Iles Aleutiennes [giving short descriptions of the topography, exploration, native peoples, and resources of the...
(4:32 min.) (07 of 24) 07 Steward section
Sometimes so short of help he was able to get 16 hours and more overtime. During the off season, did painting and carpentry for the company.
The Harry Heins material consists of a photograph album documenting the building of the Canol Highway. The Canol (short for Canadian Oil) Road was a project that built a pipeline and a road from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada, to...