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 from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane with pontoons on a river. It is sitting in front of a bridge, people are walking on a bridge. The bridge appears to be the Cushman Street Bridge.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Engraved for the People's Publishing Co, Chicago, Ill." Page 95. Map does not include Nome or other towns established during the gold rush. North portion of S. America on verso. In color.
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March...
Two men in military uniform stand at doorway of barracks; snowbanks on either side reach to roofing; Fort Liscum, established in 1900, named for Colonel Liscum
Title taken from image. View of Port Chilkoot (Fort William H. Seward) from the pier. Image: PORT CHILKOOT is the site of the Alaska Veterans' Co-operative Co., a collective enterprise established by 50 World War II veterans after purchase of the...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Young woman leans against front porch railing of Ellamar School on Virgin Bay, 40 miles NW of Cordova The Ellamar Mining Co. was formed in 1898; a post office was established in 1900 and discontinued in 1929
Photo caption: 16 Feb 1948 Anchorage, Alaska Owing to the housing shortage in this area and the fact that the management of the Alaska Railroad declined to have employees live in the unhealthy insanitary conditions which were prevalent in the...
Possibly a home with office next door; sign on building on left reads, "Dr. Goddard" Note: Dr. Frederick Leland Goddard practiced for a years in Juneau and then became the doctor for the Treadwell Mine, adjacent to Douglas; later in his life,...
Thomas Clarke Noyes married Frances Muncaster (then, Arabelle Frances Patchen)in 1897. Settling in Candle, Alaska, Tom established the T.C. Noyes Banking Co. and became associated with the mining industry. In about 1905, they adopted a five-year...
Title from image caption Man pulls skiff across gravel bar in shallow part of river [Kougarok?] Note: a post office was established in Taylor in 1906 and was discontinued in 1934
Title from image caption Man stands at head of horse and wagon [in front of road house?] Note: a post office was established in Taylor about 1906 and was discontinued in 1934
Title taken from slide mount. Base Ketchikan was established in 1920 as a Lighthouse Service Depot and officially became part of the Coast Guard in 1940.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from verso. On verso a letter from the Public Information Division of the United States Coast Guard, dated 14 November 1948, is printed. The letter says the following about this photo: "Offical U.S. Coast Guard Photo. United...