Title taken from verso. Full caption on verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first...
Title taken from verso of identical photo (UAF-1981-208-7). Verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition...
Title from image. Photograph of what Mr. Ballew found in hydraulic mining. On the ground at the right of the tusk is a portion of a bison skull. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mr. Bellew found in hydraulic mining." "Mastodon tusk found...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936 Pots on point." View of excavated checkalinas, or storage containers. From May's journal, dated June 13th: "I found a good lamp, some points and three chekalinas. ...These chekalinas are dishes...
Title from verso. Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. The men are shown looking for the body of Allen Carpe, who also climbed Mount McKinley in 1932...
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Got some bad gas in Northway and had to drain the tanks. Finally made it into Nome, but it took two weeks. Joe Barber's plane was found a month later, and they found a trappers cabin with some...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title taken from front. Three men with gold pan and first nugget found in Lucky Gulch, tributary of Valdez Creek, Valdez, Alaska. Also from front: "Property of Oregon-Shushitna Min[ing] Co., found on Aug. 15, [19]07." From verso: "Property of Cook...
Title taken from front. Aerial view of Kodiak, Alaska. From verso: "Alaska's oldest settlement. Established in 1792. 1. Largest bear in the world are found on Kodiak Island. 2. World famous king crab were first discovered and processed in Kodiak....
Title from image caption Full caption: "The largest gold nugget found in Copper River country; weight 51 oz. 4 DWT; value $900.00; property of Oregon-Shushitna Mining Co.; found by Dan S. Kane on Lucky Gulch, a tributary to Valdez Creek, Aug....
Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes.
Title by indexer. Caption on verso says, "LaV. 1932." Image shows three members of the Lindley-Liek expedition approaching two tents near the head of Muldrow Glacier. The Lindley-Liek Expedition made the first successful ascent of both...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Postcard is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Hopkins Co. Written is, "Ruby, Alaska, Dec. 3, 1911. Dear Mother, your long and loving letter of Oct. 26 just rec'd. Found me well and glad to hear from you. ...
Postcard postmarked from Kokrines on Nov. 14, 1911 and addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas, Hopkins Co. [County]. Written on the verso is, "Dear Mother, your long looked for and very welcome letter of Sept....
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 by cataloguer. This is a photograph of a Walrus swiming in the bay. The walrus defining feature is the protruding tusk which extends downward from the mouth; they have thick wrinkled skin, often with little hair in older animals. They...
Title taken from caption. " Dur store in San Jose, CAL." Cataloguer's note: Notice the various signs on the building across the street. In the center there is the Herald weekly, which is located on the second floor slightly to the right,...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...