Title taken from caption. Aft view of the sternwheeler Gen'l J. W. Jacobs in Nenana, Alaska. Major Gillette sits on a dock piling next to the vessel. From verso: "The river boat that took us from Nenana to Russian Mission. This boat is run by the...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission river boat Matanuska taking on gravel from dock at Nenana, Alaska, for delivery to north pier of Tanana River railroad bridge during bridge construction. Also from front: "A.E.C. G2002."...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows an abandoned riverboat covered in snow. There are many tree saplings poking out from the snow in the foreground. Caption from finding aid reads "Abandoned riverboat at McGrath 1954-56". Location is...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. "Alaska Landing Fairbanks, Alaska". Indexer's note - The riverboat Alaska was running from 1913 to 1927 it was renamed Aksala and ran from 1927 to 1952.
Title taken from verso. View of Andy Smith from Teslin, Yukon Territory, mushing in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory during Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous sled dog race, with steamboats on Yukon River and people in background. 1967. Photographer: Whitehorse...
Title from caption. Photograph from a sternwheeler approaching the Five Finger Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "On our boat approaching Five Finger Rapids in the upper Yukon. Current was so swift that in going upstream, a cable was...
Comments by R. N. De Armond: The boat had an iron hull and was put together at-Saint Michael in 1898. She measured 49 tons gross. In 1944 the hull was in use as a barge by the Black Transportation Company (MacBride's list, Alaska Weekly 8/11/44)
Comments by R. N. De Armond: The boat had an iron hull and was put together at-Saint Michael in 1898. She measured 49 tons gross. In 1944 the hull was in use as a barge by the Black Transportation Company (MacBride's list, Alaska Weekly 8/11/44)
Comments by R. N. De Armond: . The name on the life ring is RESEARCH. The MacBride list (Alaska Weekly, 9/l/44) lists RESEARCH as being an iron hull with propeller. Went to the Koyukuk in 1898 and returned there in 1899; went to St. Michael in...