Title from verso. Photograph of a .105-mm artillery piece and a crew serving it. Verso reads: "This 105-mm gun and its crew poured more than 2000 rounds of shells into Jap [ Japanese ] positions in the course of four days battling at...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of landing barges bringing supplies to the American forces fighting on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- Crates of supplies litter the beach of Attu as landing barges bring more supplies ashore to...
Smoky scene of downtown Iditarod. Part of a cigar shop's sign has burned away with the only part remaining, "...nest's Cigar Store." People are standing from a distance looking at the burning buildings. Written on the...
Color photo of a man standing in front of 14 bear pelts . Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska on Mar. 15, 1910 and addressed to Mr. Newton Clemons, Medina Co. [County], Devine, Texas. Written on the verso, "Dear...
Title from caption: "Parker-Browne Expedition 1910: Mt. McKinley, Alaska 20,300 ft. from Explorers Peak, 9,000 ft." Postcard postmarked from Ruby, Alaska on Aug. 22, 1913 and addressed to Tomie Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas, Hopkins Co. [County]. ...
Title from caption: "No. 1 above Discovery Cleary Creek, Alaska, Fairbanks mining dist." Written on front of postcard, " Showing mode of dumping the buckets of gravel which is taken out of ground. Sluice boxes on troughs are laid at side of...
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf with the S.S. Spokane and the S.S. Alki tied up. Passengers and soldiers from the USS Buford can be seen on the dock. Also visible is a pen full of sheep. Caption reads: "Our wharf again...
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
Title from donors notes. Full title reads: "St. Thomas Church, Point Hope (new location, from rear), in blowing snow." Narrative note reads: "In 1954, the church parish hall, mission house and other buildings were moved from their original...
(3:59 min.) (10 of 12) Clean-up and next day Remaining Japanese ran into a draw--Engineer company sent in to kill the 26 or so--next day same thing happened again with--same results--only 30-40 left after that--Capt. Siddens charge--Two men...
Title from donor notes. Full donor notes read: "Milton Swan, long the lay leader of the Kivalina congregation, as the first Inuit ordained deacon by the Episcopal church. He was later ordained priest, again a first for the church."
Title from donor notes. Full donor notes read: "Milton Swan, long the lay leader of the Kivalina congregation, as the first Inuit ordained deacon by the Episcopal church. He was later ordained priest, again a first for the church."
(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. ...
05 A plane of her own (5:30 min.) (05 of 09) There was no flight instruction in the winter so Pearl was laid off. She spent the winter of 1945 at the University at Fairbanks. She saw the Russian pilots flying the lend lease planes. Margaret...
(6:58 min.) (16 of 28) 16. Virginia speaks about flight instruction
Virginia's first solo flight was on December 7, 1941, but since all flights were canceled that day she had to solo again a week later. Flights were cancelled because of...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. " Pete Haase's snow shoes; may I never see them again. Traveling on them with a heavy pack is no fun."
Title taken from caption. "Berry holding Company in 1933 or 34. Tony the hard working Swede fixing and setting up the giant on the hillside. Steam boiler was used for bradly scraper to scrape the tailing four ft wood was used. Tony and I were...
Title taken from caption. " U.S. Revenue Cutter 'Rush' at Valdez, Alaska." Cataloguer's note: Named in honor of Richard Rush (1780 - 1859) who was a statesman and a diplomat, during the administrations of Adams and John Quincy Adams. The...
Title from image. An outdoor portrait of Jimmie Mattern. This photograph may have been taken during one of Mattern's visits to Alaska. In 1933, during his solo flight around the world he stopped in Nome, Alaska. Again in 1937 Mattern was in...