The Coleen M. Platner Photographs (ca. 1909-1920s) contain photographs of pioneer children and their families living in Alaska, chiefly Iditarod, Chatanika, Little Eldorado City, and Eldorado Creek. There are also photographs from Nome and the...
Title taken from verso. Mrs. Burns drying Florence's hair on the front steps of the Holland House in Seward, Alaska. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 2 3/8" x 4 1/16".
Two women in hats bend over another woman's head while drying her hair on the steps of the Holland House in Seward, Alaska. Mrs. Burns is seated on the steps and Florence is in the white dress. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/8".
Verso: Aloha, Hawaii--Congratulations are extended to the newly-elected Senator Oren Long and Rep. Daniel Inouye by (from l. to r.): Sen. Ernest Gruening (Alaska); Senator Long, himself; former Deleg. John Burns (Hawaii); Rep. Inouye, himself; Sen....
Title from caption. Photograph of a burning Japanese ship in Kiska Harbor after U.S. Army Air Forces raided Japanese-held Kiska Island. Caption on front of phototgraph reads: "Kiska Harbor, Aleutian Island, Alaska, -- Jap [ Japanese ]...
Title from verso. Back identifies the men: Agents of the Alaska Steamship Company learning of containerization and how it is to work. The agents are, from left to right: Bob Rose -- Seattle; John E. Coulter -- Valdez; Bill...
Title from attached description. Identifications L-R back row are: ; A. N. MacClellan (Seattle Claims Agent); John E. Coulter (Agent Valdez); J. F. Zumdieck (Operating Manager, Seattle); Hank Green (Agent, Juneau); Bill...
Title from attached news clipping of photograph. Full caption of the clipping from the February 10, 1951 issue of Marine Digest (page 134)reads: "Shown above are Alaska Steamship representatives attending the 1951 annual agents meeting at...
"At a Democratic Party given by John (Jack) Burns in Honolulu on November 25, 1959, we find (l. to r.): Mrs. Daniel Inouye, Sen. Gruening, Mrs. Sargent Kahanamoku and Mrs. Gruening. Seated is the hostess, Mrs. Burns."
View of street in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, with parked vehicles and pedestrians crossing streets. Businesses shown include: Bank of Montreal, Burns, Taylor & Drury Department Store. Sign on log building (train station) in far background reads:...
Title taken from verso. Group photo of Anchorage city department heads in Anchorage, Alaska, with map of Anchorage on wall in right background. Printing on map reads: "City of Anchorage area." From information with photo: "In council room." Seated...
Spectators and firemen watch as a building burns out of control in Seward, Alaska. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Woman with a fire nearby boiling a liquid in a pot.
Caption: An old woman burns the shavings from the new paddles. She throws the ashes over the path of the whale boat as it is taken to open water. This is to scare away evil spirits....
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A ship would take up the crews and the empty cans in the spring. Filipino workers were in the majority. In the fall, the cannery workers and the fish would come back. The Swedish fishermen were...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Kodiak Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave, 3/27/64". A displaced ship tilted to its side is seen off shore next to a building. A pile of wood burns in the foreground,...