Title from caption. Photograph of two six-horse teams planting wheat. Narrative in photo album read: "Wheat is the only product. Six horse teams putting wheat in the ground in a hurry to take advantage of moisture conditions."
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb exploding on Japanese military installation in the Aleutian Islands. Verso reads: "An upsurging column of smoke causes a long shadow over Jap [ Japanese ] installations as a U.S. bombadier hits his...
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
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River conditions
villages; Galena; Fairbanks; hauled horses; north slope; big wheels; Yukon River bridge; couldn't get passed rapids; pushed it over; Lyndon transport; rapids downstream; fast; Rampart; advertising; Bush...
(6:12 min.) (06 of 12) Lack of experience to arctic conditions Casualties due to cold--4 D-8 dozers stuck in tundra--Attu was a disaster, fiasco--Got winter supplies, shoe packs later--men stuck for 8 or 9 days --Japaneese were better equipped...
Fairbanks 1967 flood photographs is a collection of over 200 color slides and currently 3 color photographs developed from the slides. The slides include images of Fairbanks and surrounding areas submerged, notably the downtown area showing water...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Roughnecks connect pipe string during delineation drilling at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. Extreme weather conditions in the Arctic mandate that the drill floor be enclosed and heated."
Title taken from photograph. "S.S. Dora. Monthly service to the most Northerly Route in the World". Cataloger's note: The Dora was referred to as the "Bulldog of Alaska" for her ability to handle the fierce conditions of the Gulf of Alaska,...
Title taken from caption. "9286 -- (2) The third day after leaving Seattle, the Arctic travelers found themselves in the midst of the characteristic scenic wonders of the new Northwest, and they reveled in the glorious vistas from the upper...
Title taken from caption. "9355 -- (3) The two oldest transportation companies operating on the Yukon are the Alaskan Commercial Company and the North American Trading & Transportation Company. They are located on the little harbor about a...
Title taken from caption. "11502 -- (12) The interior of Alaska is generally well-timbered, and there are large tracts of good grazing country. In these conditions we are not surprised to find considerable large game. There are several...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
Title taken from caption. "9196 -- (25) In this view we have ascended about one-fourth of the icy stairway and pause a moment to rest and view the strange, stupendous and impressive panorama which spreads away before us down the trail and...
Title taken from caption. "9358 -- (36) We frequently see published statements to the effect that the aborigines are rapidly disappearing, but the scene here depicted contradicts such an assertion. The eleven youthful Esquimaux who make up the...
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. Cataloguer's note: The open-cut mining which was new at the time, was generally considered as more efficient. It involved the stripping, thawing and extracting of the gravel. The surface dirt was hauled away, in...
Title from verso. Photograph of a man and a woman eating lunch on the grass on campus at the Fairbanks college. Lunch took place on May 1, 1929. For a comparison on weather conditions please see UAF-1958-1026-1025 "Harry Coffey in a parka
This image shows article X of constitution of the state of Alaska which deals with the local government. This government (borough system) was created to address certain conditions that were unique to Alaska. Article XI sets guidelines for the...