Anchorage, Alaska: Ft. Richardson soldiers aiding in the salvage of undamaged merchandise from 4th Avenue stores following Anchorage earthquake. Information on verso: Fourth Avenue sunk 25 to 30 feet during the earthquake on March 27. U.S....
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.
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Title taken from verso. Gus Krutzsch of San Diego Zoo with baby walrus, during preparations to transport them from Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, to San Diego, California. From information with photo: "Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. Gus...