Title taken from caption. Maggie Prokopioff, a.k.a. "Rock of Ages", poses for a photograph with two women in front of a tent near the village of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. View of women in parkas holding pans on float from Fairbanks in Fur Rendezvous parade in Anchorage, Alaska. Spectators stand in background and man in striped suit sits on float at far left. Feb. 22, 1958. Photograph type:...
Title taken from verso. Fur trader and buyer Ed Shepherd wearing fur parka, with polar bear skin rolled and tied after purchase during trip to Kivalina, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." March-April 1958....
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...
Title taken from label on matting. One-year-old Abraham Amosikoff dressed in fur parka stands next to wooden structure in Kiwalik, Alaska, with another boy standing in background. Photographer's number 7950. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame....
View of a group of ACS (Alaska Communications System) employees. Christine McClain is standing in front near the center of the group. From caption: "ACS 1954". Based on other photos in the collection, this photo was most likely taken in Anchorage,...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Ada Wien standing in front of a WAA Stinson Detroiter. The side of the airplane reads: "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome". Houses in the background are heavily covered in snow. Original size is 4.5 in. x 2.5...
Title taken from verso. Pictured left to right are Ada Wien and Neva Egan (wife of Governor William A. Egan) at Wien Air Alaska 50th anniversary reception, possibly in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Ada." 1974. Original photograph size: 5" x...
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "$1-. 30. Galena, AK." Image shows an African American man in a hat and coat standing in the snow in front of buildings at the Galena Air Force Base.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a group of children standing in front of an airplane. A house sits behind them. Caption from finding aid reads "Fish and Wildlife Service airplane and kids on Lower Yukon 1954-56". Location is on the...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a group of children standing in front of an airplane. A house sits behind them. Caption from finding aid reads "Fish and Wildlife Service airplane and kids on Lower Yukon 1954-56". Location is on the...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man standing in front of an airplane. Another man is sitting on a heavily loaded truck. Two more men ate in the background near a building.
Title from accompanying notes. "Al Randall and Japanese climbers at Camp 1 after Al and I had scouted beyond Camp 1. Bright red colored flags are wands used to mark the route so that it can be followed (even in poor weather)." Six men in...
Title taken from front. Mrs. Arthur Hansin Eide with two teachers and dog team, Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Mrs. Eide with two teachers from ... Wainwright - Pt. Barrow 1922." Photographer's number P-1611. 1922. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x...
Title taken from verso. "[Members of the Alaska National guard board a Wien Consolidated F-22 prop-jet at Bethel, a central staging area for the movement of nearly 700 guardsmen enroute to encampment at camp Carroll near Anchorage.] (Wien...
This color slide depicts an unidentified Alaska Native man holding a skin kayak and a paddle on the beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, in 1962. He is wearing a parka with a fur-trimmed hood and mukluks. The photographer is unidentified.
This color slide depicts an Alaska Native man in a kayak in the ocean near either Kotzebue or Barrow, Alaska in 1962. He is wearing a coat with a fur-trimmed hood, holding a paddle, and waving at the photographer. The photographer is unidentified.
This color slide depicts an Alaska Native woman with a child on her back in either Kotzebue or Barrow, Alaska, 1962. The woman wears a green scarf over her hair and carries underneath her coat, which is trimmed in fur. The child wears a yellow...