Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Shows the Aleutian Islands including Kodiak, most of Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay. "Ispravlena s opisi shturmana Vasil'eva, proizvedenoi v 1829 g. Amerik. Berega ot rieki Kuskokvima do...
"Thompson with oar, Larson rowing, Norwood taking it easy. A memorable trip, in a small boat, following the ice breakup on the Yukon River. Lake LaBarge was still frozen we pulled the boat on a crude sled over the ice. We were commanded by the...
Caption: Senator Bob Bartlett and Mrs. Anfesia T. Shapswikoff of Unalaska who was guest of Resurrection Bay Historical Society for centennial week. She demonstrated the weaving of the incomparable Attu baskets. She is one of only 5 or 6 left who...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows meat hanging up to dry. Houses sit behind the drying structure as do metal barrels. Caption from finding aid reads "St. Lawrence Island". Location is St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Title by cataloger. Photograph of garden. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left is the garden produced by these workers showing the potatoes in bloom. These people never knew vegetables until introduced by white men. They are very...
Title from image. Photograph shows a charter for the Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 4. Charter reads "Ecce Novum Astrum, Pioneers of Alaska, Reposing confidence in the following named persons, now residents of Fairbanks, Alaska, we do hereby...
Title from caption. Photograph of several tents, a wood pile and an elevated cache. Several people are standing about and a girl is running across the meadow. Narrative in photo album reads: "In the center is shown a spring camp just back of...
Title from caption. Photograph of a fish wheel near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish, specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish wheels, two of which...
Title from image. Photograph of a fishwheel on the Yukon River near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish...
Title from caption. Photograph of Sam the cat on the Rivenburg's roof in Rampart. Narrative in photo album reads: "Picture on the roof of the back entrance to our kitchen in Rampart. Sam lived on whole raw rabbits which I shot with a '22'...
Title from verso. Photograph of a tank driving across the snow. Verso reads: "U. S. tanks in Aleutians. The snow-covered ground at an advanced U.S. base in the Aleutians proved no obstacle for one of our light tanks stationed there. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of a corporal sharing coffee with another soldier. Verso reads: "Nothing like a spot of coffee, particularly on bleak Attu! Corporal Carl Gompf (left) of Marion, O., and Colonel R.G. F[P]erusson (right) of...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers clearing snow off a roof. Verso reads: "Soldiers at a U.S. Army base in the Aleutians do a little old-fashioned snow shoveling to clear important points after a williwaw (howling blizzard to you)...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man and Grace Rolston standing in front St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. They are walking on a wooden sidewalk. Verso reads "Gracie is on the right but I don't know who the guy is. Do you?"
Photo of four eskimo boys. Postcard is postmarked from Cordova, Alaska and is addressed to Miss Tomie Clemons, Devine, Texas, Medina Co. [County]. Written on verso, " Miles Glacier, Cordova, Alaska. Feb. 11, 1910. ...
Color photo of the Pacific Ocean with a ship in the distance. The sun is setting behind a blanket of clouds. Postcard is postmarked from Juneau, Alaska on Jul. 5, 1909 and addressed to Miss Esther Clemons, Ridgeway,...
(7:03 min.) (06 of 27) Alaska Road Commission II
Commission members lived in Alaska, but had to get funding from Congress. Later got funding from the Departments of Commerce and Interior. Head of the commission was Richardson, a personable...