Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of the Lutheran Church in Fairbanks. Caption reads: The Lutheran church on 5th street. The property was later bought by a medical group. The parsonage of the Lutheran Church was moved onto the...
Title taken from caption. View of the main street of Skagway, Alaska. Signs shown include: "The Pack Train Inn", "Olympia, It's the Water", "Gold Dust Bought", "Pabst Blue Ribbon", "Chevron Gasolines", "Golden North Hotel", and " [ ? ] Photo Shop....
Title taken from verso. United States Bureau of Indian Affairs official with Bert Bauer (center) and Billy Blackjack Johnson (right) holding first check received by 13th Regional Corporation. Also from verso: "Check was over 7 million dollars. We...
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.
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
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.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. Group of people enjoying watermelon, Barrow, Alaska. From photographer's notes: "Picture taken at midnight in Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 1921. Sandy Smith? second from left came over land and bought a watermelon. No. 1 from left,...
View of Broadway Ave., then Glacier Ave., Valdez, Alaska, with houses and pedestrians, and waterfront in background. From verso: "Valdez, Broadway Ave. House in front of trees owned by Judge Brown. Later Mrs. Whitley bought it and lived there until...
Title supplied by cataloger. Float plane moored to a floating dock. Three men load containers while one stands on nose. Plane identification number N3586[?]. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title from sign on building Signs advertise various services and amenities: Lunch Counter, Beds, Bunks, Cots, Beer, and "Bread for Sale"; also, "Outfits Bought"; men with pack horses and mules in front of building [in Skagway?]
Sign in image: This is the Shop of "The Alaska Artisans" where Albert Berry Craftsman makes artistic things by hand from Alaskan Gold Copper and Ivory, and where the best products of the native Craftworks of Alaska may be bought.
Lucy is wearing a caribou skin parka bought from Eskimo people; white sheep skin is sewn into a contrasting pattern with the dark summer leggings of caribou to make the trim
Title taken from sign in image. Group of men and boys in front of wood frame house. Canoe prow on right edge of photo. Sign in image: "I bought my drugs at Coon's and am happy." Photographer's number 81-c.
Title taken from image. Four men standing behind bench with seated woman and gold bars worth $260,000 at Assay Office. Lettering in image: Assay Office, Gold Dust Bought Here.
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...