Color photo of a man standing in front of 14 bear pelts . Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska on Mar. 15, 1910 and addressed to Mr. Newton Clemons, Medina Co. [County], Devine, Texas. Written on the verso, "Dear...
Title from caption: "Washington forest scene near Everett, Wash."
Color postcard postmarked from Everett, Wash. on Jun. 20, 1909 and addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Written on verso, "6-20-09. Dear folks at home - I am...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
04 First jobs in Alaska (5:04 min.) (04 of 09) Lockheed Vega took her to Fairbanks. Bush flying was what she wanted, but she couldn't get hired in Fairbanks. Herb Hagler at Fairbanks Air Service wouldn't give her a job as a pilot, but he told...
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 Seattle, Washington 98134 November 21, 1963/for release Sunday, November...
Title taken from attached note. "The first steel of the new construction season and the first crop of sidewalk superintendents announce the coming of spring to the University of Alaska campus. Sidewalk superintendents Dr. William R. Wood, Ben...
Title by cataloguer. A view of a small desk cluttered with books, notebooks, loose papers, folders, and other odds and ends. In the right hand corner on a small ledge, there are a few framed photographs these seem to give a hint of...
Title by cataloguer. In the Spring, Fur Seals come to the "rookeries", beaches or Islands where they mate and give birth. The rookeries for the Northern Fur Seal are in the Pribilof and Commanders' Islands. Note: Each seal mates on the exact...
This is a view of a landscape including a stream and the adjoining river in the distance. The picture is taken from an elevated location, perhaps to give a broader view. The path of the pipeline which begins at the right hand corner extends across...
Title taken from donor's caption. "Julia Silverfriend, age 16 (Mrs. Ocha Potter)". "An overnight visit to my broken hearted mother who could see no reason why I should give my life to save Cuba from the Spaniards. Mother threatened to...
Title taken from text. Album caption: Shows a 700 foot span of No. 13 guage steel wires to reach the top of a bluff opposite Delta station. From the top of this bluff the wires drop across the Tanana River, to the right. This in order to give...
Title from verso of a similar photo. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as...
Title from verso. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as the funnel for a vast...
Title from monument text. "Carl Benjamin Eielson enlisted in the Air Service of the United States Army on January 17, 1917. In 1923 he piloted the first airplane in Alaska and in 1924 he flew the first government mail plane in that territory. He...
Title taken from caption. "A section of the ash fall showing differential weathering between first and second layers." View of a mining pick to give scale to the depth of the ash that has fallen in two separate layers. Photo taken at what was later...
View of a group of women standing next to a fire department car (ambulance?) in Anchorage, Alaska. Christine McClain is the third woman from the right of the photo. The women are holding small cans that read "Give American Cancer Society" and bags...
Tourists look at the Model T Ford railroad car and open-air cars, their "express", at the old train depot in McCarthy, Alaska. Wilma Knox is in the foreground. From caption: "Our passengers are arriving at the depot to board the "express" which...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.