From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Built in 1917, the Lighthouse Tender/Patrol Vessel CEDAR was acquired by the Navy in 1917 and returned to Lighthouse Service in July 1919; she was reclassified as USCGC CEDAR in 1939 and, during World War II, designated WAGL-207
Descriptive Narrative: Round medallion of gold-toned metal hanging from an orange and black striped ribbon.
Label: (c.1988) RUSSIAN-AMERICAN HERTIAGE MONTH The United States Congress designated October 1988 as Russian-American Heritage Month,...
Man standing to left of boat "Gjoa" on beach, with dock and buildings in background, and small boat in foreground. Boat used during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve,...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United States...
Ship against rugged, snow-capped coastline Note: the ship was restored by the San Francisco Maritime Museum, transferred to the National Park Service in 1978, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985, under its original name of...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Title from accompanying notes. Winter camp at base of a rock cliff. There are two people near an airplane, a tent, metal cans, and a wall of snow blocks. The airplane is designated by number N4521F.
Title from caption. Photograph shows a horse team pulling a 60 horsepower boiler. Men are sitting astride a few of the horses as well as standing on top of the boiler and walking alongside it.
Title taken from caption "A cottonwood tree buried in the ash. The curious branching shows that it had reached the limits of heights possible under the climatic conditions." View of two members of the expedition with a cottonwood tree. The trees...
Title taken from caption "Fording Ukak River, opposite shore formed by the eroded face of mudflow." View of two members of the expedition fording the Ukak River. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska,...
Title taken from caption "Photographers and topographers working on the summit of Bear Mt." View of Clarence F. Maynard in the background and one of the expedition photographers while they worked on Bear Mountain. Identity based on fact that...