Title taken from back of photograph. Cataloguer's note: Otto W. Geist came to Alaska in 1923. Born in Bavaria Austria, he was a veteran of the German army as well as the U.S. Army. He was a mechanic and a skilled truck driver before he...
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...
Photograph shows a standing man wearing a red cap and red plaid shirt supporting a large mammoth tusk in front of him. Cliffs and hills are in the background.
Text from slide: "198 LB. Mammoth Tusk at Ester...
Image location unidentified. Image appears nearly identical to uaa-hmc-0166-b1-17-3-1. Caption for that image reads: "Folded limestones on north bank of Joe Creek approximately at crossing of 141st meridian. Swagerina zone fossils are contained in...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Folded limestones on north bank of Joe Creek approximately at crossing of 141st meridian. Swagerina zone fossils are contained in these strats. See detail 3-2. July 23, 1911." Image...
Image appears identical to uaa-hmc-0166-b1-17-3-2. The caption for that image reads: "Detail of part 3-1. A close fold of limey beds with shales along axis. Fossils of Lot _ were obtained here in 1912. July 23, 1911." Image referenced in caption is...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Detail of part 3-1. A close fold of limey beds with shales along axis. Fossils of Lot _ were obtained here in 1912. July 23, 1911." Image referenced in caption is uaa-hmc-0166-b1-17-3-1.