(2:37 min.) (01 of 12) Ada's Background and Statehood Nome -- born; education -- Nome; Boston Tea Party -- learned in fourth grade; "taxation without representation"; Statehood; married -- aviation in Alaska; three children -- raised;...
(4:37min) (01 of 08) Family background and history father -- blacksmith from Scotland; worked -- Minnesota; moved to Pacific County, Washington; Lebam, Washington -- mother; mother's -- family history; Judson, Beebee -- great-great aunt; family...
(4:51 min) (02 of 25) Personal background
office work; Valdez; Ketchikan; steamship company -- like family; spirit of adventure; Alaska Steam -- important community; changes; Fairbanks; Alaska Railroad; competition; freight
(5:56 min.) (01 of 12) Background and arrival in Alaska Auburn University--TVA heavy construction--B. B. Tally Construction quartermaster--Ladd Field construction Jan '41-- Four total projects Ladd Field, Ft. Richardson, Elmendorf and Yakutat &...
1957 Political cartoon of the head of a person who appears to be Adlai Stevenson fishing to make Alaska and Hawaii the 49th and 50th states. The U.S. Capitol Building is in the background with a fisherman holding a fishing rod with the state of...
26 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows the Star Airlines fleet lined up at Merrill Field, a person in walking in the background. The film clip is too dark to see the N-Numbers.
31 second, color/silent, film clip of the christening of the oil tanker ARCO Anchorage. The shipyard, with derricks, can be seen in the background. The traditional bottle of champagne is broken against the ship.
32 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss in Nome. The Glue Pot Soda Fountain, the Nome Nugget Office and the Wien Alaska Airline Office can be seen in the background.
32 second, color/silent, film clip of the christening of the oil tanker ARCO Juneau. The shipyard and various buildings can be seen in the background. A crowd boards the ship on a gangway lined with bunting; a woman breaks the traditional bottle...
35 second, color/silent, film clip showing people catching salmon in a net and processing them, 1958-1961.
A small boat is in the background. The women are using ulus to cut the fish.
38 second film clip, color/silent, of the Alaska Territorial Guard [ATG] moving a house on skids through the streets of Nome, Alaska. They are using a bulldozer; other heavy equipment can be seen in the background.
41 second, color/silent, film clip of Eskimo dancing at Kotzebue. Children watch from the background. Further information was supplied by George Taylor at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks,...
42 second, color/silent, film clip of a snowmachine race at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 1967. Several buildings are just visible in the background.
44 second color with audio track film clip showing Governor Jay Hammond off loading passengers from a small aircraft and walking to his log home on Lake Clark. Sound track in background is narrator describing Governor Hammond's background...
55 second film clip, black & white/silent, of Palmer, Alaska showing street scenes, a railroad track, and a horse drawn wagon. Mountains form the background.
6-30-14 [inside the mine at Jualin, 1914; Simone Vanophem and Jean Vanophem (seated in foreground); standing left to right, Madeline and Julie Vanophem (sisters of Jean), Nicholas Van Muylder and Dr. E. Huybrechts (stockholder), Albert Nadeau...
8x10 photo. Title from caption. Photograph of ski-mounted Pilgrim 100B plane at Weeks Field. Smoke stacks in a background are from the Chena River Powerplant. Full caption reads:
"Pilgrim 100B --- 750 H P Wright Cyclone Engine. ...
8x10 photo.Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Star Air Service Bellanca Pacemaker, Wright J6-9 330 H P Engine. Picture taken at McGrath Alaska Winter 1937/38. Aircraft sitting on the Takotna River with the River Boat Wallace...
[A check for $5,168,967.71 is presented to Governor Egan by Lyle F. Gones, Chief of the Bureau of Land Management, Division of Engineering. The Check represents Alaska's share of Federal Revenues obtained from public lands under the Mineral...