Smoky scene of downtown Iditarod. Part of a cigar shop's sign has burned away with the only part remaining, "...nest's Cigar Store." People are standing from a distance looking at the burning buildings. Written on the...
Title from caption. Photograph of the wharves of Skagway during an extreme high tide. A lumber mill is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Shewing our sawmill at left, & railroad track in 1901 during an extraordinary high tide - our wharf in...
(4:40 min) (12 of 17) Flying for DGGS pt.1
As a pilot for Division of Geology and Geodetic Surveys had emergency call to fly in whiteout conditions to get a badly burned man at another station. Flying under 200 ft. elevation so not to miss...
(4:16 min) (13 of 17) Flying for DGGS pt. 2
As a pilot for Division of Geology and Geodetic Surveys had emergency call to fly in whiteout conditions to get a badly burned man at another station. Flying under 200 ft. elevation so not to miss...
51 second, black and white, silent film clip of the ferry M/V Kalakala (meaning "Flying Bird" in Chinook). Originally launched as the Peralta on October 14, 1926, in San Francisco, she burned to the waterline on May 6, 1933. The intact hull was...
Title from verso. Photograph of a man walking in front of the Bethel Roadhouse in Bethel. Verso reads: "June 1951. Bethel Roadhouse - operated by Northern Consolidated Airlines."
Further information was supplied by Paul Gregory...
Title taken from caption. " Summer of 1966 or 1968. Frank Miller in front of his home; (Road house, store and post office). In 1972 it was all gone. Frank died a few years ago and the house is completely burned. Note: Historical location of...
Title from text.
Album caption: U. S. Road Commission crew building bridge across slough near Munson's Road-house. Cabin to the left is the cache of the old Salchaket telegraph station abandoned several years ago after station building had...
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Photograph of the bridge at mile 88 of the WAMCATS line. Caption with photograph reads: Signal Corps bridge at 88. 90 feet long. Cribbing, securely pinned with 2 inch wooden pins, built three to five higher than...
Title taken from caption; clarified by cataloger.
Photogarph of the WAMCATS bridge at mile 88 after a forest fire burned the area. Hand written note on this photo reads: Note: These bridges were necessary acct 'spongs' sloughs or sluggish...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Cushman Street with the following caption: Rebuilt after the fire, the east side of Cushman between 1st and 2nd Streets now houses Pastime Ice Cream and Sandwiches and the Red Cross Drug store...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of the Riverside Bar after a fire burned the Cushman and 1st Streets in 1947. Notes and captions by Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title taken from caption. View of Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak, Alaska. It was founded in 1793. This building burned in 1943. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1919.
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, Kodiak, Alaska. The Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak, was founded in 1793. This building burned in 1943. Caption also says: "Interior of the Greek...
Title taken from caption. View of the Russian mission house and the Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak, Alaska. The National Geographic expedition members stayed at the mission house while in Kodiak. The Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak was founded...
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, Kodiak, Alaska. The Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak was founded in 1793, but this building burned in 1943. Caption also says: "Interior of the church...
View of B.A. "Tony" Wickstrom and his rebuilt "old" mill on the site of the earlier Martin mill at Independence Mine near Hatcher Pass in southcentral Alaska. The mill burned to the ground early in 1941. Fall 1940.
A view of the Nordale Hotel in Fairbanks, Alaska, and surrounding buildings. Sign on building reads: "Nordale Hotel." A line of flags stretches across the street from the front of the hotel. From caption: "Our Fairbanks abode. (since burned.)...