Title taken from label on matting. View from ship during trip through Inside Passage from Seattle, Washington to Skagway, Alaska. Also from label: "Scenery along this route is one of Alaska's greatest assets, according to the Division of...
Title from name on side of plane Pin-up-girl decal appears above name of plane Note: According to Dave Stern, the aircraft may possibly be one of two Boeing B-29As, of the 509th Bomb Squadron, stationed in Alaska and modified as alternate...
View over the housetops, looking toward the school and shed up on hill; also shows retaining wall of cedar around play ground; according to the teacher, Tenakee "exists because of the mineral health springs"
School building was formerly a hall and, according to the teacher's report, "too small for proper accommodation of pupils"; in 1938, 30 students were enrolled, which was down from a high of 57 in 1932; at this time, Tanana had "four stores, one...
In 1932, Goddard, according to the teacher's report was "a post office, hotel, and health resort. The hot springs here are noted for their medical values. The school is situated 3/4 of a mile southeast of the hotel. The Forest Service maintains a...
This school was not used after 1936; according to the teacher's report, "After the school was closed from 1936-1940, it was thought desirable by the community to hold school in the lobby of the hotel belonging to the estate of Mr. Asbjorensen,...
Longwood School enrolled 71 children in 1937; according to the Historical Record, "the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage, a home for Alaska children, supported by the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society, at present having 69 children. Note, this...
Eight students pose along the fence outside the McCarthy School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, McCarthy "is an outfitting point for miners, hunters, trappers, and prospectors. It started as an outgrowth of the...
Small school, approximately 12 miles from Petersburg, with one schoolroom below and teacher's living quarters above; in 1931, 16 students were enrolled. According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "The community is composed of eight...
Three children next to Riddleford School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "This community is quite stable; its member consisting mostly of guides, trappers, fur (fox & mink) farmers, and Bureau of Public Roads men....
According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, there were no living quarters provided for the teacher; she goes on to write: "To go into a new community and rent a house; then clean it up and assemble a few necessities for housekeeping...
Mathematic map data: Scale ca. 1:12,672,000 Publication info: [Washington? D.C.] : U.S.C.S. Dept., 1880. Physical descrip: 1 map : col. ; on sheet 31 x 39 cm. General Note: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year...
Mathematic map data: Scale ca. 1:19,000,000. Publication info: New York : J.H. Colton & Co., 1855. Physical description: 1 map : col. ; 30 x 39 cm. General Note: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by J.H....
Title taken from album caption. According to the Mineral Management Service's Shipwrecks off Alaska's Coast: The gas schooner Olga "Went ashore and wrecked in strong autumn gale." at Nome on 10/9/1909.
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
Title from image. Chief's grave. Photographer's number 460. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the Frog House...
Klukwan cemetery with eight grave houses, one with frog totem decorations. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the...