Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
Title taken from creator's notes. Notes read: "Now called 'Gold Dredge 8', it was abandoned in the late '40's when this picture was taken." Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title by cataloguer. "Pinniped" is the scientific name for the seal family. The fur seal belongs to a particular group called "otariidae", which are pinnipeds with external ears, also called "eared seals". There are thirteen species of...
Title taken from verso. Men standing outside cabin at foot of Copper Mountain (later called Mount Eielson) in what is now designated Denali National Park and Preserve (formerly called McKinley Park) in Alaska. Photo number 115. Summer 1923....
This frame of would be covered with canvas to become a useable summer dwelling, qalluvik. A tent like this covered with skins is called an Itchellik by the Nunamiut. A tepee style tent with one pole in the middle is called a napattaq tupiq.
Title from image. Full caption: One may be our new flag. Grace Traube, employee of one of the largest flag manufacturing concerns in the country, stands by two of the many designs proposed as the new American flag. President Eisenhower will...