A reduced version of the De l'Isle/Buache map published by the Prussian Academy of Science & Literature, published by Euler, a German mathematician who was with the St. Petersburg Academy. Shows routes of Russian discoveries in 1723, 1732, and...
Aerial view of Cape Romanzof, Alaska, with airplane wing partially visible in photo. From slide mount: "Romanzoff [sic]. Bonheim Peak looking west." 1955? Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
Aerial view of radome (protective housing for radar antenna) for White Alice Communications operations at Tin City, Alaska. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in...
Ford AT Trimotor Transport NCB-403 on runway, possibly a refueling stop; a half dozen people and a child stand on or near the plane; two vehicles parked nearby
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
This photograph depicts the cabin on Theodore (Ted) Pedersen's homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula in the summer of 1953. The photograph was likely taken by Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy. The title is a translation of a...
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 from accompanying material. "Lois, Jack, Donna (who sent me the pie) & West just before Floyd Miller flew West & me to Fairbanks to catch a flight to Seattle." Four people posed on the stoop in front of a log cabin.
Title from accompanying note. ["Fairbanks flood, 1967; photo has negative."] A view of downtown Fairbanks. Streets are submerged in water, and road blocks signal the flood damage. A used-furniture store is located to the right, a Hertz (car...
Title from accompanying note. ["Fairbanks flood, 1967; photo has negative."] A view of downtown Fairbanks. Streets are submerged in water, and road blocks signal the flood damage. A used-furniture store is located to the right, a Hertz (car...
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Feb 29 - Smaller ram as it fell - Looking west". Photograph shows a snowy mountain where small shrubs can be seen sticking out of the snow. Something is obscuring the upper left corner of this...
Title from caption in album: "Aug 11 - Glacier at head of same fork on a branch of the west". Photograph shows a valley glacier far in the distance with tundra in the foreground.