Title taken from caption. "11517 -- [18] Sledding over the ice of an Alaskan river on long journeys is an undertaking both tedious and perilous. Storms and biting frosts entail great discomfort as well as threaten life. During pleasant...
Title taken from caption. "11528 -- (10) The cost of constructing cabins in the Klondike during the latter part of 1897 was considerable. Logs were selling at $50 apiece, and wages were from $15 to $20 per day. An ordinary one-room cabin...
Title taken from caption. "9195 -- (28) The difficulty of crossing lofty mountain ranges gives great importance to notches or passes in their tops through which travel and traffic may go with less effort than over their crests. The heavy snows...
37 second film clip, black & white with audio track of, Jay Hammond testifying before the Joint Federal State Land Use Planning Commission while mayor of Bristol Bay Burough. Jay states that local residents do not want a road from Anchorage to the...
Title taken from caption. "9214 -- In the palmy days of Sheep Camp some of its more imposing establishments were made up of a combination of general merchandising department, drug store, restaurant and lodging house. The unprotected manner in...
Color photograph of a flag hanging from the federal building in Anchorage, Alaska. A 49th star has been added by Rita Martin, the Fur Rendezvous Queen.
Title added by cataloger.
Before part of a before and after photo; old line follows a creek and new line jumps back and forth crossing the creek several times to avoid tree falls and spring floods. It is 5582 feet from one end of the canyon to...
Title added by cataloger. After part of a before and after photos; old line follows a creek and new line jumps back and forth crossing the creek several times to avoid tree falls and spring floods. It is 5582 feet from one end of the canyon to...
Title taken from creator's notes. Caption reads: The girl in the foreground was an acquaint[a]nce from First Baptist Church. The housing in the background was typical of the time. People started with a log cabin when they first married and...
Title added by cataloger. Photograph of the 1947 Fairbanks Winter Carnival showing a wagon with pioneer women riding. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
"Watch Alaska! "Opportunity... "Pilots and mechanics Alaska Star airlines is growing! To keep pace with today's urgent wartime requirements and gear up for the increased passenger, mail, express and freight...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Cecil Kornegay's Model T Ford with the following caption: Cecil's model T Ford with a new modern disign added (a plywood top). Cecil's buddies talked him into buying it so that they could all play...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Cecil Kornegay's Model T Ford with the following caption: Cecil's model T Ford with a new modern disign added (a plywood top). Cecil's buddies talked him into buying it so that they could all play...
Title taken from caption. View of buckwheat seedlings grown in ash with different fertilizers added as marked by the labels attached to each pot. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1915.
Five Anchorage Garden Club members pose with three Russian sailors during trip to Kodiak, Alaska. From caption: "Over a dozen of our members had the special opportunity to attend the state convention in Kodiak where our own Della Barry, president,...
View of Pacific Northern Airline airplane with refueling truck at right, control tower, and buildings at new Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Another airplane is partially visible in right foreground. Caption: "Operations began...
A group of men stand at the front entry way to the Lindsay Hotel, Porcupine, Alaska. From verso: "Log portion built first. Later when sawmill was in business, the addition was added, therefore I feel log portion probably built in 1900. Hotel...
5-piece German style band dressed in lederhosen performing on the tarmac. The sign in front of the tent reads "United by Love on Food for the Shares. Most gripping, soul stirring melodrama. Added attraction, Hugo Hesenfeffer and his musical...