Photograph of Kodiak after Katmai volcanic eruption. Statement on verso states that "The dead color on ground and mountains is volcanic ash. This is a view at Kodiak two years after the eruption of Katmai Volcano."
Title from image. View of Katmai crater during an eruption. Reverse of a postcard related to this images states: "Vol. Katmai that upset this part of the country last year (1912). Taken this June (1913), a year after. The 1st pictures taken of...
Color photo shows three islands, captioned left from right, "Castle Rock 1779", "Perry Isl. [Island] 1906," "Fire Isl. [Island] 1883," with a volcanic eruption occurring on Perry Island. Postcard is addressed to Miss...
Title taken from caption. Excerpt from caption: "From 11 am to 2 pm the sky of Anchorage was in total darkness. Result from the eruption of Mt. Spurr on 9 July 1953. Photograph taken about 5 pm. Car to the left is a Chrysler. Car to right...
Title taken from caption. View of downtown Anchorage, Alaska during ashfall from Mount Spurr eruption during daylight hours. Pedestrians are on sidewalk at left, cars are parked at right, and bus is partially visible at far right. Signs at left...
Title from verso. Mt. Veniaminof blows black smoke. The eruption is photographed from an airplane. Verso reads: "Mt. Veniaminof, Alaska -- Out on the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula Mt. Veniamanof, oldest known volcano and estimated to have...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. View of Knife Peak near the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. It was later renamed Mount Griggs for Dr. Robert Fisk Griggs (1881-1962), botanist, whose explorations of the area, after the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912,...
Title taken from caption. View of three members of the expedition standing next to the fumarole (vent) that they have lowered their dinner into to cook. The Katmai eruption destroyed all the wood within a dozen miles, so members of the expedition...
Title taken from caption. View of two members of the expedition pulling dinner out of the fumarole (vent) they used to cook it. The Katmai eruption destroyed all the wood within a dozen miles, so members of the expedition had to use geothermal heat...
Title taken from caption. View of Jasper Dean Sayre, a botanist with the expedition, pulling dinner out of the fumarole (vent) he used to cook it. The Katmai eruption destroyed all the wood within a dozen miles, so members of the expedition had to...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic expedition looking up at the roots of a tree lodged high up in the branches of another tree by the "great flood" which was created by the 1912 Katmai eruption. The polished white...
Title taken from caption. View of W.L. Henning walking across Martin Creek on a temporary bridge of logs laid over the creek. The trees appear white and polished because of the windblown ash from the eruption sand blasting away all the small...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic expedition holding a large piece of pumice on his legs, created by the eruption of Katmai in 1912, that is so light that it could float on water. Caption also says: "A chunck...
Title taken from caption. View of man standing amid ash from volcanic eruption at mouth of Soluka Creek, Alaska, in what was later designated Katmai National Park and Preserve, during National Geographic expedition to Katmai area. 1915....
Title taken from caption. View of mudflow due to volcanic eruption at junction of Windy Creek and River Lethe. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during National Geographic Society expedition to...
Title taken from caption. View of man standing above Soluka Valley, Alaska, amid damage from previous volcanic eruption in what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve. 1915. Photographer: Robert F. Griggs.