Title taken from front of photograph. View of Alaska Central Railway General offices, Seward, Alaska, looking west towards Mount Marathon. The Bank of Seward building is in the background among other smaller buildings. Handwritten caption on...
A woman is standing among some bushes near either a road or path, with some trees and possibly a hedge in the background. This may be in Lindsay, California. Photos UAF-1985-122-90 and UAF-1985-122-91 seem to be in the...
The steamship S. S. Portland floats among the ice floes in the ocean. There are some men standing in the snow and climbing the ramp to board the ship. The ship may be stranded and the men may be attempting to rescue it. ...
Elevated cache with Kayak with skin shell removed and two dogsleds among items stored. The ladder leading up into the cache has one rung replaced with a metal rod.
S.R. Bernardi photographs formerly known as The Gertrude Lusk whaling album.
Title from verso: "Salchaket Bridge Mile 331, Richardson Highway".
In similar handwriting, below: "Laura [Lang] Laddie (Sterlings old dog)". Third note writes, above 'Laura', "Mrs Frank Nash", and below 'Sterlings', "Hawley Sterlings"....
Verso-Viewing Yukon Damsite--Among a group of engineers, specialists and consultants to visit Rampart Canyon damsite on May 28 were Dr. William R. Wood, left, President of the University of Alaska, and Member of the Rampart Advisory Board; and...
Verso: Alaska's William Randolph Hearst Scholars--Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) congratulates (left), Loren Leman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leman of Ninilchik and Tom Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Anderson of Anchorage who were chosen...
Women passengers in dog sled. A man, possibly the musher, stands among the dog team. One woman appears to be holding a small child. There appears to be canvas tent in the immediate background. Further back are a group what...
Blocks of river ice were left behind from the flooding of May 1911 in Fairbanks. A small log cabin still stands among the jumble. The finding aid and other related photographs indicates this flood occurred in May 1911.
Caption: Mr. and Mrs. Tony Joule of Kotzebue visit with Senator E. L. Bartlett in the Capitol after Mr. Joule was presented an award marking his 40 years service with the federal government in Alaska. The Joules now live in Anchorage. Mr. Joule...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Several Native Alaskans are sitting on the beach among the remains of the Airship Norge after much of the dirigible was dismantled for transport back to Europe.
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption. Old Eliza at her fish camp with a tent behind her and a stove in front of her. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the right is Old Eliza in her summer fishing camp near the Yukon. This sheet iron stove is very extensively...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...