(4:02 min) (07 of 17) Being a live coward
Single engine planes are dangerous, no back-up. Coastal Geodetic Survey Tigvariak Island. Had to get them to Barter Island--white out cloud cover turned around and went back passenger complained.
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
A desk set made as a gift for President William Howard Taft from the people of Fairbanks and the Tanana Valley. Originally had a walrus tusk as the base, now has a walnut reproduction as the base. Gold butt plate with dedication, gold tip cover,...
A line of decorated automobiles takes part in a parade in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Balloons cover the lead car. In the foreground, a person is being towed on a child's tricycle. Spectators watch the parade from the sidewalks. Original photograph...
A woman and a child standing next to a welcome sign at Elemendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska. The sign reads "Elmendorf AFB Top Cover for America."
Accession Number: 96-61 a-k
Made: New York
Description: cardboard; printed; ink; wood; metal; paint
Title: Horsman's Game of Klondike
Descriptive Narrative: A board game, "Horsman's Game of the Klondike", consisting of a...
Amason, Lena (artist). Sculpture: Wood, paint, beads, seal whiskers, walrus whiskers. Size: 24 x 12 x 6 in. This work is made from a well-used hatch cover from the fishing boat owned by Lena Amason's step-father.
American and Canadian troops had by-passed the island of Kiska as they pressed on to Attu Island where the decisive action of the war in the Aleutians took place. Returning to take Kiska after the Battle of Attu they found that the Japanese forces...
Beaded bible cover (5.5 in. x 9.125 in. flat) with 1 in. tab for fastening. Cross done in beads on front cover; Cross on front in brown beads; "suns" and half-circles in red, pink, blue, yellow and light green; edging in pink and brown; background...
Beaded bible cover (5.5 in. x 9.125 in. flat) with 1 in. tab for fastening. Cross done in beads on front cover; Cross on front in brown beads; "suns" and half-circles in red, pink, blue, yellow and light green; edging in pink and brown; background...
Beaded bible cover (5.5 in. x 9.125 in. flat) with 1 in. tab for fastening. Cross done in beads on front cover; Cross on front in brown beads; "suns" and half-circles in red, pink, blue, yellow and light green; edging in pink and brown; background...
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...