Title taken from front. Benjamin Creek running through box canyon on the Kenai Peninsula near Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "Photo by Wild Bill." ca. 1910. Photographer: Bill DeWitt. Original size of photograph: 6 1/4" x 4".
Verso-Viewing Yukon Damsite--Among a group of engineers, specialists and consultants to visit Rampart Canyon damsite on May 28 were Dr. William R. Wood, left, President of the University of Alaska, and Member of the Rampart Advisory Board; and...
Title from verso. Verso: A study group visiting the Rampart Canyon site of a proposed hydroelectric development project on the Yukon River are shown at Texas Creek Bridge. Across the stream is the camp set up by Army Engineers this winter as a...
Verso: Alaskan Congressional delegation members, Senator Ernest Gruening, left; and Representative Ralph J. Rivers, right, are shown with Alaska District Engineer, Colonel Christian Hanburger. They were part of a study group who visited Rampart...
Photograph of an old road of [18]98 from above canyon to below Whitehorse Rapids. In the lower left of the photograph is an impression of a message that states "shoot peters ammunition."
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Photograph shows the Lowe River flowing through the steep walls of the Keystone Canyon. A long tree truck ia laying on a gravel bar in the foreground. Clouds surround a rocky mountain peak in the distance....
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Photograph label reads: "From Nenana it is completed 56 miles to the Nenana canyon where heavy rock work was encountered and three tunnels have to be driven, two 500 ft. each and one 600 ft."
Title from caption. Photograph shows men and their horses sitting in Teakhill Canyon meeting the mail. Three sleds sit in the snow. "Teakhill" may be Tiekel, the name of various places near Valdez.
Title from caption. Photograph of the entrance to Miles Canyon. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below the entrance into Miles Can[y]on, the watery grave of many a miner. The sides are perpendicular rock from the swiftly flowing water. Once...
Title from image. Postcard of three men shooting the Whitehorse Rapids near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. The postcard incorrectly states these rapids are located in Alaska. Narrative in photo album reads: "The lower end of Miles...
Title from caption. Postcard of Upper Miles Canyon. Narrative in photo album reads: "This is the upper end of Miles Canyon and shows well the shear steepness of its sides."
Title from caption in album: "Aug 10 - Hunting for sheep - looking down cañon to Toklat". Photograph shows a gravel filled canyon looking towards craggy cliffs and mountains.
Title from caption in album: "April 5 - Upper mouth of [Box] cañon in East cañon". Photograph shows a snowy canyon, with rocky slopes. This photograph appears to have been put into the album upside-down.
Title from caption in album: "April 5 - Down from head of East cañon". Photograph shows a snow covered canyon. An object that may be either a rock or a dead animal sits in the foreground.