61 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of a fish wheel under construction and in operation. Narration briefly describes the process.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative project...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip showing the the operation of salmon fish traps. Narration describes techniques and impacts of fish trapping.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a...
62 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the harvesting ice from lakes near Barrow, Alaska. Narration describes the harvesting, processing and use of ice for drinking water and other domestic purposes.
61 second film clip, black & white silent Clip shows gold miners panning, using rocker boxes and sluice boxes. Narration describes small-scale gold mining.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
Two minute, 39 second, black & white with audio, film clip. This earthquake footage from Valdez, Alaska, shows Valdez Harbor emptying of water and the tsunami rushing back in. The narration describes the event and how the film was...
Title taken from caption. View showing new concrete sidewalk on Fourth Street between E and F in the Anchorage town site. During the summer of 1917, 18 blocks of 12 foot concrete sidewalks, and two blocks of 6 foot concrete walks were...
Title taken from caption. In this view there are rows of one and two story houses which closely resemble each othe. These look like faculty housing facilities. The shade created by a group of birch trees make this a particularly peaceful...
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...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Title by cataloger. In this view of a beach, a large vehicle (Dodge) is parked in the water close to an aircraft (N725E). A man appears to be unloading some items from the plane. The inscription on the plane reads: "Northern Consolidated...
Title from caption. "Klery Cr. - Mining Scene - Rt. 41 - 8/10/ [illegible]". A man seems to be panning for gold in a ditch created by a steam shovel (at the end of the trench). Several men watch the man panning.
Title from caption. "[C #] 421 converted into Autosleigh, Nome, Apr. [illegible]". A snowmobile created from automobile by replacing the front tires with skis. A man wearing dark glasses and hat is at the steering wheel.
Title taken from creator's notes. Caption: The soldier before the door in picture one was waiting for someone to unlock the door. Then the hose was taken inside the front door. It took many hands to keep feeding the line inside. Regretfully,...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic expedition holding a large piece of pumice on his legs, created by the eruption of Katmai in 1912, that is so light that it could float on water. Caption also says: "A chunck...
View of a front end loader and the pile of rubble it has created during the clean up effort after the March 27, 1964 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken March 1946.
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of unusable pipe lengths at pipe yard during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Also from verso: "Pipe had been immersed in salt water and was declared unfit to carry oil." July 1, 1974....
Title from sleeve. The float created by the Greater Anchorage Democratic Club drives down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage during the statehood parade. A truck decorated with a flag and caricatures of the state Congressional delegation, hauls a flatbed...