Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
41 second film clip, black & white/silent of disaster relief including children being given shots, and lying on sleeping bags and of people standing in line and being served food.
73 second, color/silent film clip of commercial fishing. Scenes include halibut being loaded onto a processor, a crab pot being emptied of crab, nets of shrimp, and clamming.
Ian McRae talks about getting into climbing at a young age in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, deciding to stop playing soccer and go climbing in the High Sierras, learning to climb in the California mountains, his first trip to Alaska trying to climb...
Title taken from notes with photo. "Small boats being unloaded in Seward Alaska to aid in recovery of the operation in the water front area following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/28/64."
Title taken from accompanying note. "Snow being removed from [the] rooftops so that damaged buildings may be checked Valdez Ak., following the [Alaska] Earthquake 3/27/64".
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Album caption: "Cut-in" pole at junction of Delta loop with main line. The telegraph line between Valdez and Fairbanks carries two wires. As Delta is about 2 1/2 miles off the main line it is necessary to 'loop'...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - This is another view of an airplane wing being loaded aboard a C-46 (Curtiss Commando) at the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, for the shipment 'up the line'. The wing was raised to...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wreckage being uncovered from snow by men digging. A part of a wing is visible. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane marked as CCCP-177 [i.e., SSSR-177] on wheels without wings being towed by a truck across snowy field. Three men in the truck and a utility pole visible in the background. The markings appear to be...
Title taken from caption. Group portrait of members of Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland. Peary is identified as being at the top left. George Putnam is identified as being at the lower left.
Title taken from caption. View of a lighter (barge) loaded with salmon and being towed by a tugboat. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1918.
Title taken from caption. View of two tents next to the frame of a cabin being built. In front of the cabin there is a man carrying a large bundle of dried grass on his shoulders. The boards to finish the cabin are laid out around the cabin and in...
Title taken from caption. View of an empty boat being towed behind the boat that the photo is being taken from, Naknek River, Alaska. In the background the docks and buildings of a cannery can be seen. Caption also says: "Passing the last cannery...
Title taken from caption. View of a live moose that is being hoisted from an open grave. The men are using ropes, tarps and a tow truck to remove the moose. The rescue mission was a success. Based on other photographs in the series it is most...
View of men being served food in a chow line on the deck of a ship on their way to the Matanuska Valley in southcentral Alaska. From verso: "Dinner is served. Destitute farmers from Minnesota sent by gov't. to [be] relocated in the undeveloped...