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.
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Trench (or tunnel) extending from land to shore; landing craft with bow doors open to beach; other warships in background in harbor Photographer's number 5605
A wooden triangular dipper where the sides and handle of one piece of wood, steamed, bent, and lashed with spruce root. Wood extends to form handle which terminates in a crane's head with curved beak. Base made from a solid piece of wood, placed...
Title taken from caption. "A view taken at Mile 14 on the Alaska Northern Railroad. The Alaska Northern Railroad, extending from Seward to Kern Creek, a distance of 71 miles, was purchased by the Government in August, 1915. No repairs had...
Title on caption: "Comic Suliment Ball, A.B. Hall, Iditarod, Alaska, New Year's Day, 1914."
Group of people gathered together in rows, with the back row extending out on both sides with people lining the walls. A man in the front is dressed...
Title from sleeve. The town of Cordova is seen through the boughs of fir trees on a hill overlooking the inlet. A pier is visible extending into the water on the right. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Heavily beaded checkbook cover backed with caribou hide. Cover is a rectangular shape with one curved short end. Folded in thirds, the cover velcros to the front and encases a checkbook, which can be slipped inside the pocket sewn to the backing...