Title from verso. Image shows an elderly woman seated in a room by a window. The woman is wearing glasses, earrings, a patterned shirt, a watch and a wedding ring. A purse and other objects are visible in the background. Writing on the...
Ms., ink on draft vellum. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. With, on same sheet: Sketch map of Punuk Island Group, Bering Sea, Alaska. Annotation: Map by Geist and K.W. Kola [Kukkola?]. Bottom right corner:...
A soldier passes in front of the William H. Seward public school. A boy and his dog areis at bottom of the school steps. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Ms., mounted on cardboard. Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings. Shows Goodnews Bay and the coast north from Cape Newenham. Shows course of cutter Baranov in 1821, with soundings and notes of character of bottom along that...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of large home in Dutch Harbor, the residence of the North American Commercial Company's manager. The harbor is visible in the bottom right of the photo.
Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the upper right. Shows steamer routes. Annotations include elevations. Annotated by Thos B. Bishop of the ship Fox. In lower right margin: 8001. Stamped "Sub Office U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey...
Waves crash against the shore with a mountain in the background. There is also the number "84" printed on the bottom left of the photo, possibly a photographer's imprint number. On the lower right are the initials...
A young boy stands outside a house near a railing. He is wearing a long coat and holding a hat. There is a caption at the bottom of the photo, though part of it is obscured by the frame. The caption reads: "[Jo?]hn 4...
A steamship floats in the ice floes of the ocean. There is a caption at the bottom of the photo that appears to have been cut off. The remaining text reads: "Land." This is probably the S.S. Portland. Photos...
Photo of the interior of the Episcopal Church in Nome, Alaska decorated for the Easter celebration, 1902. The platform has a cross-covered pillow and what looks to be a fur or bear skin rug leading up the steps. The...
The steamship S. S. Jeanie floats in the ice floes of the ocean. The S.S. Jeanie was an Alaskan freighter in the early 1900s and ran aground near the coast of British Columbia on December 19, 1913. The photo also has...
Caption reads: "Eskimo and his kiak [kayak]." Two Eskimo men sit in their kayaks on the sea. Written on the bottom left corner of the photo is possibly a photographer's initials or photo number: "[FSL?][F82?]."
A long line of people climb the Chilkoot Trail with their full backpacks. Another large group of people are near the base of the trail, possibly assembling and preparing to ascend the Trail. There seems to a...
A whale boat captain is seated on a snow bank, behind him is a pole with items hanging from it like chains, a pot, and next to him is another pot and a mitten. The captain is wearing a rain parka made of gut and rain boots, he has a labret in in...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of Mrs. McGowan holding what looks to be tree trimmings. The bottom right corner shows writing that states "Lovingly 'Och-a-nee'"
Title from verso: "Lieut. P.R. Sarges [Garges?], V.H. Pierce w/pipe". Two men sit with their feet on a table or desk. The one at right holds a Calabash pipe. On the wall behind them hangs a calendar reading "Martin A. Pinska" at the top and...
Title by indexer. Cartoon panel depicts a man trying to get his stuck car out of a muddy road; around him, others watch, and one says to another, "Why don't some of us help him? Help him wot fur? That's the Road Commissioner!" (The 'er' in...
Title from verso. Sign at left reads: "Samson Hardware Company, 'Samson' Hardware & Mining Machinery, [illegible] Pennsylvania Boilers American & Samson Hoists." At right, signs appear to advertise brand names: "Mobiloil", "Caterpillar", "The...