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...
Title from caption. Photograph of ship 'City of Seattle' as it is passes by sister ship 'Humbolt'. Narrative in photo album reads: "We meet a sister ship of our 'City of Seattle' going south from Alaska to Seattle."
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers and a dog outside a structure called "telephone central". Verso reads: "Kiska -- Left on Kiska Island by the Japs [ Japanese ], this dog soon made new friends among the American forces. This was...
Title from caption. Photograph of Front Street, Ruby, Alaska. Among the businesses are the A. D. T. Message Company and the Grand Cafe which advertises 'Oriental Noodles'.
Title from caption: "Tumwater Falls, Olympia, Wash."
Color postcard of three women, one man and a young boy standing among the rocks and logs near the falls with a bridge behind them. Postcard is postmarked from Tumwater and addressed to...
Typewritten on recto: "Ice in mouth of Ship Creek, March 7th, 1917. This shows the large lumps. The largest one is about 25' in diameter and 20' high. A few of these, at times, are found among the floating ice."
Images include people departing Brill Car (trolley) from Fairbanks at the College railroad station at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of mines (University of Alaska Fairbanks). Among the...
55 second, color/silent film clip of an ivory carver cutting, shaping, carving and polishing a piece of walrus ivory. Among the tools used are: saws, chisels, files, and a bow drill that he supports against his chin. The result is two small ivory...