Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Six members of Anchorage Garden Club in yard of Elizabeth (Mrs. H.L.) Bliss in Anchorage, Alaska, where they gathered during her illness to plant her garden for her. Pictured from right to left: Mrs. John Coats, Mrs. Wallace Martens, Mrs. Hugh...
Title taken from verso. Alaskan "pioneers" visiting railroad car in which President Warren G. Harding rode, Alaska. Also from verso: ""Pioneers" visiting same. Left to right: Mrs. Elizabeth Bliss, Marie Silverman, Leif Strand, Lois Paderson, Heinie...
Title from sleeve. Governor Ernest Gruening (left) and Heine Sunder, State Representative from Wasilla, stand in front of the fireplace at the Governor's mansion in Juneau. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
Title taken from front. Boxes of mink on wagon beside Alaska Railroad tracks at Wasilla Station, Wasilla, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1929. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from image. Verso: Presiding: Charles D. Jones. Facing room (l. to r.): Dora Sweeny, Secretary; Julie Isaac, Assistant Secretary. Front row (l. to r.): W.L. Lhamon, Fairbanks; Elton Engstrom, Juneau; William A. Egan, Valdez;...
Title taken from image. Verso: Presiding: Gunnard M. Engrebreth. Facing room (l. to r.): Bonnie Jo Gronroos, Secretary; Mildred Meires [Meiers] Hansen, Assistant Secretary; Helen Pheasant, Stenographer. Front row (l. to r.): W.L. Lhamon,...
Front row (l. to r.): Otto Koppen, Cordova; Bob DeArmond, Ketchikan; Felix Gray, Juneau; C.J. Wooftes, Fairbanks; Sid Raynor, Anchorage; Christine Hansen, Ketchikan; Howard Lyng, Nome; Dora M. Sweeny, Juneau Back row (l. to r.): James Barrick,...
"To my good Friend and pioneer. Brownie Best of Luck! from Gerrit Heinie Snider Grand President Grand Lo[d]ge of Pioneers of Alaska." Verso: Brownie Collection. 10/31/67.