Two women having coffee and cake during 14th Annual Flower Show, with theme "Around the World with Flowers," sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska....
Title taken from verso. A long line of people are seen coming up the hill, during an event that appears to be ceremonial. Each is holding firewood. A church is visible to the right. [Place identified as Anvik by comparison with...
Visible are Riverside Hotel, Model Cafe, sign "Drug Store" on corner building, sign with downward-pointing "rocket" reading "Rick's" or "Brick's", flag of N.C. Company hanging between two smokestacks. A...
Three judges standing near table of flower arrangements at 19th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "Two groups of...
Three judges stand near table of flower arrangements during 19th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "Two groups...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title taken from front. Panoramic view of railroad car and tunnel at Alaska Engineering Commission coal mines, Chickaloon, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1036. A.E.C. G1037." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's numbers G1036...
Tourists look at the aerial tramway used to transport copper ore between the mines and the mining operation at Kennecott Copper Mine in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "This tramway, located at the back of the mine building, extends way back into...
Title from caption: "Alabama Horse Scow Navigation Co. on the Iditarod River." Written on the verso, "This picture shows the mode of getting freight up the small streams. No wonder that flour costs $15 a sack, spuds 20 cts. [cents] a lb. [pound],...
Title from caption: "Alabama Horse Scow Navigation Co. on the Iditarod River." Photo shows two scows in the river filled with freight. The scow in front is covered with tarps, and two men are on each one. Another man is on the riverbank,...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of the construction and operation of the Alaska Railroad and early campsite of Anchorage, Alaska. Narration describes the development of the ARR.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of a fish wheel under construction and in operation. Narration briefly describes the process.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative project...
61 second film clip, black & white silent Clip shows gold miners panning, using rocker boxes and sluice boxes. Narration describes small-scale gold mining.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
62 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Narration briefly describes the earthquake, tsunami, and the resulting devestation.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005...
62 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the harvesting ice from lakes near Barrow, Alaska. Narration describes the harvesting, processing and use of ice for drinking water and other domestic purposes.
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip of the LeTourneau snowtrain. Narration briefly describes the role of the snowtrain in re-supplying the Distant Early Warning [DEW] stations.
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of reindeer herding. Narration briefly describes the history of reindeer herding in Alaska.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the early Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Narration discusses the use of the sailboats during the time that power boats were banned from Bristol Bay, a ban that lasted until the...