One women serves coffee to another at table laid with tray of cakes, flowers, and lighted candles during 13th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in...
Title taken from verso. Gathering of Alaska Department of Health nurses at Rabbit Creek Inn in Anchorage, Alaska. Oct. 1, 1955. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7 1/8".
Descriptive Narrative: Tea strainer of gold-washed silver.
Description: silver
Made: Russia
Notes: Manufactured by Peter Uhrwader, a Finnish metalsmith working in ST. Petersburg, Russia; made prior to 1822 (attributed and dated by...
Villagers celebrate Ida Nelson's birthday. People standing from left to right in the back row are Chasity Anelon and Kevin Olympic. Front row from left to right are Jonathan Salmon, Tanya Salmon, AlexAnna Salmon, Ida Nelson and Christina Salmon.
View of Christine M. McClain having breakfast with Father James E. Poole and several military personnel in St. Marys, Alaska. Caption reads "St. Mary Fr. Poole". Photo taken between 1963 and 1969. Original photograph size: 10" x 7 3/4".
Title taken from verso. Interior view of restaurant and bar "Chef's Inn" in Anchorage, Alaska. Nov. 5, 1965. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 8".
Two children and an attendant at meal time at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce, Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1946-1955. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of a soldier cooking while at a party at the Russel Dows' cabin, located in Bootlegger's Cove, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from caption: "Dinner buffet party at the Dows' cabin on Bootleggers Cove; Oct. 1945". Photograph...
Cyanotype of an unidentified man sitting behind a store counter surrounded by sundries, possibly in Tyonek, Knik Village, or Ladd's Station. A vice is mounted on the counter to the left, and a sewing machine is visible on the right. There appears...
Title taken from verso. View of interior of Alaska Railroad dining car in Alaska, with tables set and employees standing in background. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920-1929? Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4".
Title taken from verso. Interior view of J. Vic Brown and Sons Jewelers in Anchorage, Alaska. From lettering on walls: "Omega. Accutron. Longines." From information with photo: "After remodeling." May 18, 1965. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original...
Title taken from caption. View of table set for celebration with coffee pot, candles, silverware, and cake in Anchorage, Alaska. Event is described by Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) as "one of a series of state night events designed to...
Title taken from accompanying note. "[Person (Barrow & N.A.R.L. , 1973); negative only, no print]." A scene in a cafeteria. A young woman is looking at a newspaper while eating a meal.
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title taken from verso. View of restaurant inside Travelers Inn in Anchorage, Alaska. 1963. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5 3/4".