Description from ASL-P155-1-42 reads: Eight men pose in uniform in front of what looks to be a betting board for a dog sled race beginning in Candle and continuing through Council and Safety, ending at Cape Nome and...
Title from verso. Image shows a man leaning over a grave in the snow on the side of a mountain. A shovel and a wooden pole mark the location of the grave. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Title from verso. Photograph of a landing craft carrying equipment for the men on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- The American flag flutters from a mast in this captured Jap [ Japanese ] landing boat as our men bring it ashore on the...
Title from caption. Photograph of Etta Jones holding two puppies. Verso reads: "Montague, Mich.: The long mystery concerning the fate of C. Foster Jones and wife Etta (above) who were the only white couple living on Attu when the Japs...
Title from verso. Photograph of C. Foster Jones holding a puppy. Verso reads: "Montague, Mich.: The long mystery concerning the fate of C. Foster Jones and wife Etta (above) who were the only white couple living on Attu when the Japs...
Title from verso. Photograph of B-24's in flight over the Aleutians. Verso reads: "Aleutians -- On their way to bomb Japanese outposts on the Island of Kiska, these U.S. Army B-24 Liberator Bombers wing to the west from their base. ...
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Jim VanStone with Chrismas decorations and gifts. Additional donor notes read: "Dr. James W. VanStone spent a year, 1955-56, at Point Hope. His book, 'Point Hope: An Eskimo Village in Transition' was...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title taken from caption; engraving pages page 658. "Natives of Prince Williams Sound". Drawing of two native men. The portraits show them with nose rings, labrets, earrings and shoulder-length hair. The man on the left is wearing a cloak...
Ttile taken from caption; engraving faces page 699. "Canoes of Oonalashka." The engraving shows two kayaks. The top picture shows a kayak with two paddlers, each with a single-bladed paddle. The men are wearing water-proof gear and...
Title taken from caption; engraving faces page 757. "Travelling in Winter in Kamtschatka". A scene depicting a man riding a team of dogs. The mountain and forest are clearly visible in the background.Book citation: Voyages round...
Title taken from caption; engraving faces page 760. "A Winter Habitation in Kamtschatka". A view of family life; the interior of a large room with exposed wooden beams and narrow, crooked trees used as pillars. Children are snuggled...
Title taken from caption. "9204 -- (20) We have in this view an extraordinary realistic panorama of the Dyea Trail just before it passes the track of the fatal avalanche. The scene is indeed rugged, bleak and uninviting, and the trail...
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...
Cataloguer's note: No information was attached to this photograph. It is a series of photographs documenting the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the dispersal of Soapy Smith's gang. See UAF-1976-35-69, of the J. Bernard Moore...
Title taken from back of photograph. Cataloguer's note: Otto W. Geist came to Alaska in 1923. Born in Bavaria Austria, he was a veteran of the German army as well as the U.S. Army. He was a mechanic and a skilled truck driver before he...