Title from indexer. Photograph of an unidentifed woman wearing a beaded jacket, a beaded headband with a feather tucked in the back, and beaded moccasins. The skirt does not appear to be beaded.
(6:03 min) (15 of 27) Road building philosophy
Were the roads necessary? Roads were built to open up the country. Another philosophy pushed for more planning. Permanence of communities was always in question. People still needed...
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...
The room is furnished with a small book case. A portrait of a child sits on top of the shelf, as does a clock and what looks like decorative pottery or perhaps a basket. A high round table stands in the center of the room; a vase is placed as its...
In 1949 the Alaska statehood committee was established and preparation for the drafting of the state constitution began. On November 8 1955, fifty five elected delegates from all over the state met in the Constitution Hall at the University of...
Title from caption. "Miss Nathalie Fenelonova, interpreter for the Russian Staff at Ladd Field, does a little interpreting for two mechanics. Photo by US Army Forces."
Title from verso. "Jack Elliott, popular Anchorage pilot who does double duty during the fur rendezvous days." Elliott, in fur hat and coat, stands in front of a ski plane with a gas can at his side.
Title taken from caption. "Taking the temperature of a hot one. Our thermometer read only to 360 centigrade. Not that the steam does not condense for some distance from the vent." View of two of the expedition members trying to get temperature...
Winter view looking up at the school house at Stevens Village, Alaska. A flagpole is in front of the school and the trail in the snow in the foreground is the mail trail. From verso: "This is a good view of the school house at Stevens Village. The...
Title taken from caption. Nikolski. May used Umnak and Nikolski interchangeably but the diary does not indicate that the expedition visited Umnak village and the church in the far left of the photograph is the church in Nikolski. Photograph taken...
Title taken from caption. View of two of the expedition members hiking on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. A surveyor working for the U.S. government working on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Dr. Hrdlicka on the right." View of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland prior to departure from the Seattle docks. From May's journal, dated May 21st: "The Departure of the Northland is usually quite...
View of destruction to buildings along Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Large building near center is the Anchorage Westward Hotel. Signs on the far left, above the man's head,are mostly obscured. One does...
View of a bridge under construction somewhere in Southcentral Alaska (possibly the Seward Highway, south of Anchorage, Alaska) after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Road to the left of the bridge being constructed is submerged. A crane sits on the...
View of damage to a port somewhere in Southcentral Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes a boat (with the name Gulf King on the bow) and what appears to be a piece of another boat in the middle right. Cranes and a bulldozer...
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.
Edward Westen (at left) discussing his ivory carvings with writer Howard Kosbau in Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Alaska. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard Kosbau and...
Montage of five photos on front of postcard advertising the economic opportunities in Knik, Alaska. From top left card on front: "Knik is easy of access, has well stocked stores, school, church, hotels, is gateway to the mining region. Excellent...
View of muskox near U.S. Government Reindeer Project complex at Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska, with beach in background. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitle] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard...