An avalanche covers the railroad tracks near Seward, Alaska. From front (caption is reversed on photo): "Photo by Wild Bill, Seward, Alaska. 1910? Photographer: Bill DeWitt. Original size of photograph: 6 1/4" x 4".
According to note on slide, "Seal Camp - Kwigillingok; 1950; Jean Cook." Woman, possibly identified as Jean Cook, kneels on the ground near a notched log with what appears to be an animal's body in her hand. Behind...
Relief shown by hachures. Boundary of the award is outlined with a dashed red line, areas covered by atlas sheets are outlined in solid red. With 24 sheets of maps covering the area contained within the index. From Alaskan Boundary Tribunal...
Title from verso. Image shows a flower path leading to a house that has been constructed of hand-hewn logs and lumber. Wooden boards form a boardwalk between the two rows of flowers on the path. Nasturtiums and other flowers are shown climbing...
Title from caption. Photograph shows an avalanche covering Alaska Central Railroad Company tracks. Caption reads "A snow slide on mile 44 A.C.R.R. Rotary [In Action?]".
"Rotary" may refer to the rotary snow plows used on railroads;...
Title from caption in album: "July 27 - Up McKinley East from its slopes". Photograph shows a mountain with snow covering the top of it. This photograph is fairly dark.
Title from caption in album: "July 27 - East slopes of McKinley". Photograph shows a mountain with snow covering the top of it. This photograph is fairly dark.
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
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,...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
The following is the text on...
Title taken from caption. "Tanana Club Fairbanks, Alaska." Indexer's note: This interior shot shows a comfortable room with overhead lighting fixtures, tables, chairs, writing desks, and a patterned floor covering.
Title taken from back of photograph. Cataloguer's note: Two men in full academic robes can be seen standing in front of a tall sign that reads 'Dedicated Sep 13, 1922, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.' The excited crowd is seen...
Title taken from back of photograph. "35 mm Neg 72 - 14. Cataloguer's note: Two men in full academic robes can be seen standing in front of a tall sign that reads 'Dedicated Sep 13, 1922, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.' The...
Title taken from the back of the photograph. " Seal skin pokes and walrus skin swings ". Cataloguer's note: The grils are playing on the swing, as the suspended sealskin hangs overhead.
Among the indigenous people of Alaska, the seal...
Title taken from text.
Album caption: Construction camp near Delta. Here the party disbanded in October 1912, a small repair party covering the line to Richardson, 12 miles farther up.