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...
Title taken from stereograph. "343-13329 -- Eskimo Girls and part of Crew of Steamship Eric at Uper-Navik, northernmost Danish trading post, Greenland"
"Upernavik is the northernmost Danish trading post in Greenland. Greenland, as you...
Title taken from caption. "John Folger - Discoverer, Prospector, Trapper. Innoko River (Folger Creek) 1884. Discovered Gold in Koyukuk (Tramway Bar) 1894. Trapped on Kantishna River. Died There in 1931. Made an Early Arrival on Yukon River,...
Title taken from caption. "Frank Jiles - Trapped 1918-33 -- Minchumina, Native of West Virginia. Grade A Trapper." Note from the back of the photograph reads: "1910 - 33 Drowned at Fish L. Discovered: Copper Mtn Boulder Ck. Galena. Trapped...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "2nd camp on the trail. It's in the middle of a caribou trail (only place with semi-level ground). Al Randall & Bob Working. I left my old boots (use cold weather Lowa boots...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title taken from caption. " Head of College Fjord, Port Wells, Alaska. Starting at left of picture and going across. Bryn Mawr Glacier, Smith Glacier, Baltimore Glacier, Radcliff Glacier, Harvard Glacier and College Point.
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905 Steamer Santa Ana". "Our first trip to Alaska - 16 days to Valdez. The boat was small, only 700 tons, and it was slow. We were to land at Valdez, a thousand miles north and seven hundred miles west,...
Title from caption. Caption reads: "Cape York Alaska, where Tin Mines were first Discovered." The photo is signed "Nowell". Markings at lower left read "Nowell" and possibly "03". At least eight people pose for a picture standing with...
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 front. Aerial view of Kodiak, Alaska. From verso: "Alaska's oldest settlement. Established in 1792. 1. Largest bear in the world are found on Kodiak Island. 2. World famous king crab were first discovered and processed in Kodiak....
Title from image caption; note written on verso: "Mixing mining and farming; mines are directly below gardens; Pedro was first creek upon which gold in economic quantities was discovered in the Tanana country" Panoramic view of large vegetable...
Collection notes: Chekok, 1914. Jack Kinney, 1868-1933, was born in Aroostock County ME; was in the Klondike, discovered placer gold in Bonanza Hills, Upper Mulchatna River ca. 1910. Also in the picture is Peter Morris, or Moores and Knutson Mt. ...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...