Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 31 seconds MPG format. The breeding distributions of the northern Thick-billed Murre and the more temperate Common Murre overlap broadly in this region. The two closely related species are about equally abundant...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- 'X' Marks the spot -- Anchorage's Mt. McKinley building [later known as the McKay Building] shows the common 'X' shaped cracks that marred many Alaskan buildings,...
View of common room at Cape Spencer Light Station in southeast Alaska taken from the kitchen area. There are space heaters on the floor in front of two desks and maritime paintings hanging on the wall. Lettering on the wall reads: "Please keep...
"Jack got a good snap of a cow moose one day above the camp. They were a common sight on most of the creeks. Sometimes a dozen could be seen on short trips up and down the creeks."
Caption reads: "Taken - Camp John Hay." A woman stands at the top of a staircase surrounded by plants and a chair, possibly on the porch of a house? Camp John Hay is the common name of John Hay Air Station. According...
Verso: "Between Bear Creek and [Gasling? Darling?] Creek Rte 4H2 May 1948". What may be a road grader in snow, apparently in a river or ditch. "Bear Creek" is a common name in Alaska, but both "Bear Creek" and...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of students turning soil for a new garden. Narrative in photo album reads: "Part of my school and myself, breaking up new ground for our school garden. This was part of the regular school work and was done...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
(3:05 min.) (10 of 12) Ideas discussed at the Convention; common wealth; discussions -- Convention; counties versus boroughs; counties -- corrupt form of government; double taxation; Local Government Article -- last article; members attitudes;...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Blowing snow nearly obscures the Prudhoe Bay discovery well in 1969 photo. 'White outs' such as this are common during Arctic winters."
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
Title taken from caption. Circle Mining District. It was either in 1934 or 35. I was working there - 12 hrs a day, $ .62 / hour and no accommodation to speak of. Washtub bath only was available. At that time, in the bush that was rather...
This image shows Article VII of the constitution of the state of Alaska which provides free education to all children of the State by mandating public school system and state university system. The article also directs the legislature to provide...
Title taken from caption. Clipping from a publication with the caption: Four Eskimo girls near Cape Nome, Alaska. The dress of the Eskimo consists entirely of skins of seal, reindeer, bear, and fox, the first two being the most common. The...
Title taken from caption. "$750.000.00 in Gold dust ready for transportation over the Fairbanks-Valdez trail." Business signs visible include "Telephone Office", "Fairbanks Banking", and "The First [National Bank]".