Title taken from caption. A view of the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne. Photograph taken near Amchitka during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Image appears to be possibly a ship with crew aboard. The water area in the photo is labeled: "St Lawrence Bay, Siberia." The ship is labeled: "U.S.R.C. 'Bear'." This is probably the United States Revenue Cutter "Bear."
A group of men are sitting on what seems to be a boat. There is a crate in front of most of them holding chickens. Photos UAF-1985-122-110 to UAF-1985-122-121 seem to be of the same people about the same time.
Four men stand and sit near a large round banner, possibly the ship's insignia for the S.S. Cleveland. According to the book "Alaska and the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service: 1867-1915" by Truman R. Strobridge and Dennis L....
Title from indexer. Photograph shows two men and a boy standing on a deck. Behind them sits a mountain that appears to be Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The man on the right appears to Ben Eielson.
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,...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
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...
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,...
One minute, 42 second, black & white/silent, film clip of scenes aboard a steamship. Also seen are fog, ocean, a light house, passengers and crew, people playing shuffleboard, and another ship filmed through a port hole.