Title taken from caption. Cataloger's note: This mining site appears to be in full operation. In the center a load of dirt is being dumped; to the right, water is gushing from the elevated sluicing boxes, and onto the piles of tailings below.
Title taken from donor's caption. "The two horses at left have stepped off into deep water and have been caught by the current. All these Alaskan glacier streams are swift water. No rowing was necessary as the current varied from three or four...
Title taken from donor's caption. "Julia posing on McCarthy Creek." The trail was vague and difficult. We had to ford the stream a dozen times, not dangerous water but deep enough to reach to the knees. When we finally reached Donahoe's...
Shows railroads, water routes, highways and trails in Alaska with rail route from Seward through Fairbanks to Valdez and Cordova in red. Selective relief shown by hachures. Includes itinerary. Printed by Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army,...
47 second, black & white/silent, film clipof earthquake damage in Seward and Kodiak. The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake left the waterfronts devastated -- fires burning, automobiles and other debris floating in the water, ships cast up on shore,...
Two minute, 39 second, black & white with audio, film clip. This earthquake footage from Valdez, Alaska, shows Valdez Harbor emptying of water and the tsunami rushing back in. The narration describes the event and how the film was...
Title from accompanying note. A view of a parking lot and the surrounding area. Several parked automobiles are submerged in deep water. Debris and other scrap materials have littered this disaster area.
Title from accompanying note. A view of a flooded parking lot. Several parked automobiles are submerged in deep water. Floating debris can be seen in the foreground. The steeple of Immaculate Conception Church can be seen left of center,...
Title from accompanying note. "Old brewery in background [Fairbanks]." A row of what appear to be mobile homes are seen across the water. It is unclear whether this body of water is a river or a submerged street.
Title from accompanying note. "John Hubers business, 17th & Stacia [Fairbanks]." A building with a Motorola sign. All the automobiles in front of the building are partly submerged in flood water. The sign on the (white) van reads: "Tundra...
Title taken from verso. View of "3 Giants" mountains, Knight Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Also from verso: "At Port Audrey. Taken from Jonsie Copper Mine. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Full title:
Meq tamiini uitauq = water is everywhere / written by Jim MacDiarmid ; translated by Sophie Manutoli ; illus. by B. George Smart and John Sims.
Publication:
Bethel, Alaska : Kuskokwim Community College, 1974....
Looking down on 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. Sign on business at far left reads: "Ship Creek Meat Co." Automobiles are diagonally parked on both sides of the street; pedestrians are visible in the distance. "4th Ave Anchorage, Alaska. Thomas...
Title from sleeve. Flooded area along the road on Turnagain Arm, showing utility poles and fir trees partially submerged in water after the Good Friday earthquake of 1964. 2 1/4 B&W negative
Title from caption. Photograph of a wagonload of mukluks. The wagon bears the marking "no. 1" and appears to belong to Company E of the 30th Infantry. Two soldiers are on the wagon seat; a man standing in the street might be a soldier. A...
Title taken from caption. View of cannery from aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands. Identified...
Title taken from verso. View of pipe with concrete coating at Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction site at Sagavanirktok River on North Slope in Alaska. Also from verso: "Weighted pipe needed due to negative water table and under river passage."...