Dr. Cook sits with his back against what may be a canoe, a pump action firearm leans against the canoe. A fire recently burned one of the trees near Dr. Cook.
Title from verso. Photograph of a team firing a mortar. Verso reads: "Right in the thick of action on Attu, hurling their trench mortar shells over a ridge into a Japanese position, these soldiers go about their job casually. Note the...
Title from verso. Highly doctored photograph of a U. S. Navy warship bombarding Attu Island. Original may have been overexposed and darkened for better visibility. Verso reads: "Confirmation that the big ones were in action came for the...
Title from attached news release. Series of 12 photos showing a safety award being presented. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE...
Title taken from back of photo. . "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- AIRLIFT IN ACTION -- An Air Force Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C97 from the California Air National Guard is swiftly unloaded of supplies brought to...
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.
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Peter Smith. Director, North Pacific Division, Hydraulic Laboratory, Oregon. Lowering gate in model of one bay of the outlet works. Pebbles show water action in stilling basin." Verso also stamped with the...
Title from caption. Photograph shows an avalanche covering Alaska Central Railroad Company tracks. Caption reads "A snow slide on mile 44 A.C.R.R. Rotary [In Action?]".
"Rotary" may refer to the rotary snow plows used on railroads;...
Title from caption. Postcard of a rodeo taking place on one end of the village of Quincy, Washington. Many of the people are viewing the action from their automobiles which ring the rodeo grounds. Narrative in photo album reads: "A rodeo,...
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...