Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
Relief shown pictorially. A map of the northwest coast of America, comprising "Anian Regnum" and "Quivira Regnum", with the arctic circle to the north (present-day Alaska). It appeared as No. 14 in Wytfliet's Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum,...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. "9206 -- (23) In 1897 Dr. J. Jones commanded a lucrative practice in Evanston, Ill., and Mr. G. B.Winter was one of the successful grocers of the same city. About this time the instigator and promoter of Klondike Gold...
Title taken from caption. "9324 -- (42) The pioneer white settler at Skagway located there in 1891, yet the first ship load of Yukon argonauts who landed on that beach in July, 1897, saw few signs of human habitations. Today four splendid...
Title from accompanying notes. "Floyd & Pete burying skis for use as anchor points to tie down the plane for the night. Floyd, and Lois who lives in Illiamna (which is NW of Kodiak) spent the night. Note: Lois describes her night staying with...
Title taken from caption. View of the buildings of the Dry Spruce Island fox farm near the beach, Dry Spruce Island, Alaska. There are at least three boats pulled up on the beach. The fence posts to the right of the photo are most likely the fox...
Title taken from caption. Portrait of one of the Unalaska residents. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Avenues with damage from March 27, 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's negative numbers 234 and 42. March...
Title taken from verso. Verso: President Harding's Trip to Alaska, 1923. An Eskimo dog team at Cantwell, Alaska. President is seen admiring the dog team (Times Wide World Photos). Alaskan Transportation Old and New: The President Inspecting a Dog...
Title from image caption Many men and a few women on porch of Decker Bros; other people on porch of building in background; three horse-drawn carts are in front of store Note accompanying image: "Site of the new Decker building on...
Many men fill the room, with two women at far back; gambling game at left; bar and liquor at right Note accompanying photograph: "Jack London frequently visited Juneau's first dance and gambling hall, the Louvre bar, background for many of his...
1954 Roll 1.Title taken from accompanying inventory.Named in 1869 by G. Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), because it appeared to be a shallow lagoon fed by silt laden glacial streams. In 1778 Captain James Cook (1785, v. 28, p....
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...
Verso: This tree stump at Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska is all that remains of what must have been a mammoth tree that was sheared off at the onset of the last ice age. As the glacier receded the stump appeared as a reminder of the dramatic...