Title taken from verso. View of man standing amid flood waters, Valdez, Alaska, with buildings and other people in background. Also from verso: "Nearly the whole town was flooded. McKinley Street. In 1964 Anette [sic] Stapp lived here then. North...
Hiring call in old laborers' hall in basement of King's Kup restaurant, Noble Street, Fairbanks. The young woman in the photo is Debbie Reed: "My first job on the pipeline was Jan 10th, 1975 at Franklin Bluffs on the night crew laying down the...
Title from verso Pinnes, official of W. P. Y. R., and Ed Brosmer, employee of same, on small glacier in valley below Mt. Dewy, about 5000 ft. above Skagway, taken about 1901; handwritten note: "Pinnes wished to call it Andrews Glacier but I...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "More arrivals at Skagway surging northward at the call of gold, 1898."
Caption: "Each man that catches a whale [has] to give what they call a skin dance. A blanket of skins is stretched like in the picture and held by as many persons can get around it, then a person goes in and is tossed up in the air until he is...
Title from image caption Six kayaks head for village on Sanak Island; houses and church are visible in shadow along shore; the Alaska Commercial Company maintained a fur trading station in Sanak
Accompanying new item: Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood for the northern territory were jubilant Monday after Senate passage of the Alaskan statehood bill by vote of 64-20. Celebrating over a 49-star...
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Title taken from image. Women in cars, left. Marching group of men, center. People on either side of street. A photographer sits atop tripod. Banner in parade depicts crossed snowshoes. Text: Igloo No. 15 P. of A. Signs on buildings:...