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...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Burial of Chief David of Tetlin May 17th, 1919". [From the Archdeacon Drane's (travel) journal: "Just after the death of the benevolent and much loved Chief David, the men and women of the village...
Brian Okonek talks about his introduction to outdoor activities and involvement in high school mountaineering club, exploring the Talkeetna area, meeting Dave Johnston, his trip in the Alaska Range, relationship with his dad and hopes for a...
Title by cataloger. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a popular political figure of his time. He is seen here seated and wearing a dark suit, white round collar and a distinct polka-dotted bow tie. He...
Title from monument text. "Carl Benjamin Eielson enlisted in the Air Service of the United States Army on January 17, 1917. In 1923 he piloted the first airplane in Alaska and in 1924 he flew the first government mail plane in that territory. He...
Title taken from caption. Myron Myrick sleeps in chair while Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) and Arthur Rich look on in Anchorage, Alaska. Photograph was used in Anchorage Daily Times article published Nov. 3, 1943 entitled "USO Friday...
United States atlas: maps and charts accompanying the case and counter case of the United States, by the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.
Title taken from caption."Alaska Nellie" Lawing posing in front of her cabin. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "Near the dock where we landed there is a home owned by one Nellie. I found out that Nellie is a well-known Alaskan character. Stolfe...
Title taken from caption. In front of the church at Nikolskoye village, Bering Island. According to Alan May's journal, he later discovered that this was not Bering's grave but a monument to Bering erected 150 years after his death. May also notes...
Title taken from caption. Alan May corrects this elsewhere in his diary text: not Bering's grave but a monument erected to him 150 years after his death. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
View of 5th Avenue between D and E Streets looking west, downtown Anchorage, Alaska, in the aftermath of the 1964 earthquake. Businesses shown include Preservative Paints, Kimball's Store, Book Cache, Nerland's, National Bank of Alaska, Sears,...
Title taken from verso. Mrs. William Greene, only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time, stands in front of telegraph station at Broad Pass, Alaska. Also from verso: "Worked as agent 4/11/21-4/30/41. Retired as ag[e]nt at Healy - 4/30/41....
Title taken from front. View of body of Jefferson "Soapy" Smith on table in morgue, Skagway, Alaska, after death by gunshot wounds. July 8, 1898. Photographer: Case & Draper. Original photograph size: 4 1/4" x 6 3/8".
Title taken from verso. Mr. and Mrs. William Greene standing in front of telegraph office at Broad Pass, Alaska. Mrs. Greene was the only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time. Photo was taken just after President Harding's death (note...
View of Broadway Ave., then Glacier Ave., Valdez, Alaska, with houses and pedestrians, and waterfront in background. From verso: "Valdez, Broadway Ave. House in front of trees owned by Judge Brown. Later Mrs. Whitley bought it and lived there until...