The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Note on slide reads "Kasigluk; Mrs. Ivan Wassili." Woman, identified as Mrs. Ivan Wassili, holds an infant's arm while appearing to administer a shot. The infant is held by a woman.
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "Along the contractor's access road west of the damsite are several clearings where trees that had to be disposed of were buried and the soil placed on top of them was seeded. Grassy areas appealing to...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
View is tentatively identified as the collapsed control tower at the Anchorage International Airport after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View of a building, rubble/debris and a truck. An object appearing to be a crane is in the background, center.
View of a car on a submerged road or bridge somewhere in Southcentral Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Bridge appears under construction to the right of the road. A woman is taking photographs center, left. Two men stand on the right...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Title from image caption Eight men and one woman crowd a restaurant counter; two waiters in background; sign on wall behind customers reads, Melbourne Annex, Brown & Berton, Props., and lists Bill of Fare and prices; poster on wall announces...
Accession Number: 260 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Carved walrus ivory figurine in the form of a sea otter reclining on its back with the front paws touching on the sides of the head. The eyes are drilled holes. There...