The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "As gravel is removed from the south borrow pit for use in the dam foundation and embankment, the outline of a possible future recreation lake takes form." Verso also stamped with U.S. Army Corps of...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Bridge across the Chena, part of the access road built by the Corps' contractor working on the north portion of the Moose Creek Dam foundation. This is downstream from the site of the future outlet works." ...
(2:12 min.) (12 of 12) Final comments for the record -- proud of Alaska; working within the government; obtained Statehood -- without revolution; Alaska -- finest state in the Union; delegates -- thinking of the future; resources -- Natives;...
Physical description: 13 pages, handwritten on yellow legal-sized sheets. Places mentioned: Auk Bay (Alaska) ; Auk Village (Alaska) ; Berners Bay (Alaska) ; Cape St. Elias (Alaska) ; Douglas (Alaska) ; Douglas Island (Alaska) ; Fairheaven...
Aerial of banner waving commercial boat (Plan for the future.) heads towards the Alyeska oil terminal with other members of a flotilla to protest the docking of foreign flagged tankers, if an oil spill occurred who would take responsibility -...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Annotated by George Davidson with notes, place names and permutations of the Alaska-Canada boundary. "Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Feb. 16, 1903." ...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "P. 4 OIL. 3 col x 22 PICA. "Moose Creek Test---." Across the model is a section of the future Moose Creek Dam, with the outlet works on the Chena River in the center. Alaskan visitors are watching the flow...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "P. 5 OIL. 1 1/2 col x 18 PICA. "Dam bed---." Fairbanks Resident Engineer truck on the foundation of the northern section of Moose Creek Dam. Higher level at right is the dam's future access road. 65. 18."...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "South borrow pit, site of a possible future irregularly shaped recreation lake. Verso also stamped with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers logo and the date Sept. 1974. Photo is taken from a fixed-wing...
Title taken from caption. "9204 -- (20) We have in this view an extraordinary realistic panorama of the Dyea Trail just before it passes the track of the fatal avalanche. The scene is indeed rugged, bleak and uninviting, and the trail...
Title taken from caption. "9358 -- (36) We frequently see published statements to the effect that the aborigines are rapidly disappearing, but the scene here depicted contradicts such an assertion. The eleven youthful Esquimaux who make up the...
The highly anticipated "Vital Signs" television series launches on Alaska One and KUAC-TV. Alaska has been a leader in delivering high quality health care to its citizen, especially in rural and remote locations. Alaska's health professionals...
Title taken from creator's notes. Color photograph. Notes read: The Daily News Miner office-fronted 2nd street, as seen here, and had a back loading dock on 1st street. This office was destroyed by a flood in 1967. After this flood, the...
Title taken from caption. View of four men in front of a sign, one of them holding a microphone and a shovel, at a groundbreaking ceremony. Caption also reads: "L[eft]/R[ight,] Mayor George H. Byer, [Charles] Laughton, Frank Brink, Director of...
Title taken from caption. View of four men in front of a sign, one of them holding a shovel and digging while the others watch, at a groundbreaking ceremony. Caption also reads: "L[eft]/R[ight,] Mayor George H. Byer, [Charles] Laughton, Frank...
View of the new Alaska Sales and Service building with earthquake damage. Sign reads: "Future home of Alaska Sales and Service. Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Cadillac, GMC. OK Used Cars. One of the northwest (sic) largest complete automotive...