(7:29 min) (10 of 17) Exciting and scary situations
Teaching in Ft. Yukon, went to Fairbanks then headed back with heavy load. Ft. Yukon ice fogged in, headed back to Fairbanks, White Mountains were fogged in too, had to climb over top. ...
14K pin in form of a butterfly with outstretched wings. 14K gold backing in form of butterfly as base with nuggets, cut-outs, wires, added to form relatively realistic figure. 1 in. vertical and 1 7/8 in. across the open wings. Well-made and in...
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...
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...
53 second film clip, color/silent, of a blanket toss and a high kick and umiak race in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
This clip has been modified from the first release on this...
81 second film clip, black & white/silent, showing a thermometer reading 48 degrees below zero, and scenes of Fairbanks in winter. Scenes are from rooftops and elevated perspectives showing downtown's 1st and 2nd avenue, Cushman Street and the...
"U.S. Senator from Alaska Bob Bartlett and Governor Wm. Egan pose together on the occasion of Bartlett's formal presentation to the State of the first 49-star flag to fly above the west front of the U. S. Capitol. The Senator holds a certification...
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...
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
A: made from a cut-down one gallon Mazola oil tin; wooden handle added on back; wooden backing with all wooden teeth attached to back of tin; used; 5" x 4 1/2" x 7 1/2".
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...