Title taken from caption. "11502 -- (12) The interior of Alaska is generally well-timbered, and there are large tracts of good grazing country. In these conditions we are not surprised to find considerable large game. There are several...
Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be...
(4:13 min.) (03 of 08) American Mail Line and Alaska Steam World War II; trips to war torn areas; hauling ammunition and supplies; bombings; Foss Co. -- learned about diesel engines; Standard Oil Company; Alaska Steam -- worked on diesel...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Title taken from verso. View of U.S. Army tents and quonset hut during World War II, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. From front: "Secret." 1942-1945. Original photograph size: 1 3/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of the Bunker Building in Whittier, Alaska. From verso: "From: US Army Engineer District, Alaska, PO Box 7002, Anchorage, Alaska. Phone: Anchorage BRoadway 6-6091 or Elmendorf 754-4182. For Lease -- The Army Port of...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
Bolotowsky, Ilya (artist). Size: 11.5 x 15.5 in. Medium: Oil on paintboard Notes: Not signed or dated. Artist Info: Ilya Bolotowsky (1907-1981) served in the army during the Second World War as a Russian interpreter. Stationed in Nome, he made a...
Japanese soldiers on Attu Island, Alaska, during World War II. Photo among those later found on Attu after its capture by the United States. From front: "Attu, 1943." 1943. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
Title taken from caption; engraving faces page 757. "Travelling in Winter in Kamtschatka". A scene depicting a man riding a team of dogs. The mountain and forest are clearly visible in the background.Book citation: Voyages round...
Title from caption. Photograph of a trestle bridge on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad known as The Steel Cantilever Bridge. Narrative in photo album reads: "One of the highest railroad trestles in the world on the Y. & W. P. R. R. Taken...
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...
Japanese soldiers, Attu Island, Alaska, during World War II. Photo among those later found on Attu after its capture by the United States. From front: "Attu, 1943." 1943. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
View of U.S. Army patrol boat with markings "U.S. Army J-126" looking across Knik Arm toward Matanuska Valley, near Anchorage, Alaska during World War II. 1942-1945. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5".
Title taken from back of photograph. This information has been challenged by a researcher stating that post World War II there were a large number of military buildings and none are visible here.
Drawing of Urey Lisiansky (Lisianskii) for the frontispiece of the book "A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6; performed, by order of his Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, emperor of Russia, in the ship Neva"
Boxing match, with Joe E. Brown as master of ceremonies, sponsored by the USO on Fort Richardson, to entertain World War II troops in Alaska. Anchorage merchants sponsoring the event included Carlquist Jewelry, Eckmann's Furniture, Nellie's Diner,...
Photograph of the USS Juneau at dry dock. Probably just prior to commissioning. The USS Juneau was sunk just after the battle of Guadalcanal, only 10 of her crew survived. Five of the dead from this ship were the Sullivan...