The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from caption. "9208 -- (26) The White men who made packing a business on the Dyea trail in 1898 carried from 75 to 150 pounds at a time, while the Indian packers carried from 100 to 250 pounds each. At short intervals on the left of...
View of ice formed on structure (possibly platform for antenna or dock) at White Alice Communications site on Resolution Island, Nunavut,Canada. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Flood plain ice formed from freezing of winter seepage overflow. On Joe Creek about a half a mile below crossing of 141st meridian. July 7, 1912. This ice was not noted in 1911 and seems to...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Flood plain ice formed from freezing of winter seepage overflow. On Joe Creek about a half a mile below crossing of 141st meridian. July 7, 1912. This ice was not noted in 1911 and seems to...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 45 seconds, MPG-1 format. Amid the ice floes, the ocean is calm as the wave action is damped by the ice. With little wind, the only sounds are...
Photograph shows a shirtless man wearing a hardhat operating a Little Giant. A rainbow has formed in the misted water droplets from the pipe. Rock used as counterbalance for the nozzle partially fill the wooden...
Title from caption. Photograph of a portion of the Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left approaching Five Finger Rapids from upstream in the Yukon River. They are formed by 4 small islands & only...
Title from caption. Photograph of a rock formation on the banks of the Cheyenne River made by the Thermopolis Hot Springs. Narrative in photo album read: "Below mineral deposit on the bank of the Cheyenne River n Wyoming. It has all the...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane sitting in a field. A crowd of spectators has formed to view the airplane. The airplane is a Bellanca. Original size is 5.5 in. x 3 in.
Typewritten on recto: "March 7th, 1917. View shows ice 15' thick formed around and under Dock #2 at mouth of Ship Creek. This ice is anchored to flats by freezing, and is not flooded by high tides, and therefore...
Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
From a draft announcement: "The Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) Certificate pictured here is to be presented this year to all former members of the ATG who can be located, Governor Egan announced today. The ATG was formed in 1942 after the Alaska...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. " McGonagall Pass straight ahead (formed by the two small peaks in left center of photograph)."
Title taken from accompanying note. "Volunteer workers help recover personal belongings in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". Several men with rope pull pieces of a building up a cliff formed by the...
Title from accompanying notes. A group of men in a newly formed base camp at Russell Glacier. Their supplies are scattered on the grounds, along with skis, flags, poles, ropes, axes, markers, equipment, boxes and bags.