Title from verso. "? Bob Brown, Frank Whaley, Chris O'Leary (sitting) - deputy U.S. Marshall prisoner near Fortuna ledge. Kay J. Kennedy P. O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 from Yvonne Ben Mazee archives." Five men and s ski plane marked...
Title from caption. Caption reads "U.S. Jail - Candle City, Alaska. Sept. 30th '03." The creator's mark reads "Nowell 147." Three men, one dressed in a fur parka, stand outside of the Candle City, Alaska, jail. The sign on the front of...
Title from accompanying notes. "16 April. Camp 1. My green sleeping bag airing out on the left. Behind Camp 1 (to the upper right) is Mt. Miyazaki (the name we gave to this unclimbed peak in honor of the Deputy Mayor of Kobe, Japan). Several...
Title taken from verso. Photographer Christine M. McClain receiving an award from Lt. Col. Gordon D. Gray, in front of an American flag. Also from verso: "ARCSO-2116-7/AR-59 Ft. Richardson, Alaska Lt. Col. Gordon D. Gray, Deputy Commander ACS,...
View of the business district of Valdez in winter. Snow berms are piled high between the sidewalk and the street and two pedestrians and a dog are coming down the sidewalk toward the camera. Signs in image read: "A. Judson Adams. U.S. Deputy...
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 verso. Two men displaying rainbow trout caught at Willow Creek, Alaska, with truck partially visible at right. Man at right is probably Almer J. Peterson and man at left may possibly be United States Deputy Marshal John Herman....
Title from verso notes; full verso: “In the background, the United States Court House in Nome, Alaska, 1900; court room and officers on ground floor; U.S. Judge and U.S. Marshal living quarters above; this is a rear view, showing primitive cold...
Eight men, one woman gathered on roof. Left to right:
1. Myrven H. Sides, Deputy Collector of Customs
2. Governor George Parks
3. Steamboat Inspection Service Inspector of Hulls
4. John C. McBride, Collector of Customs & Custodian of...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...