Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Four crewmen use hammers and axes to chop ice from the deck and rigging of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Ungala while it is at sea in the Gulf of Alaska. From verso: "Icebound Jan 1917. Revenue Cutter Ungala. Between [Situk?] and Yakutat Bay running into...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
Title taken from caption. "Tough going mi 176 west of Nelson." Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a narrow and steep dirt road that is almost at 90 degree angle. Note: The car at the bottom of the climb looks as though it is going to attempt...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Tanana mail team. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from Alaska and our four years residence there. The...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Taku Glacier. Postcard shows glacier and the ice that has calved off. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from...
Photograph is of a line of soldiers attempting to do a 180 degree turn on skis. Each soldier has one ski raised vertically and is midway through the turn. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
"Sen. Ernest Gruening here is shown chatting with Dr. Abraham L. Sachar, Pres. of Brandeis Univ., on the occasion of the Presentation of an honorary degree to Senator Gruening"
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....