Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Writing on image: Big Flats, Lake level raised. Photographer's number A.8. Alaska Electric Light and Power Company (AEL&P), Juneau, acquired the Alaska - Juneau Gold Mining Company properties, including their photographs of the mining...
Woman in gold rush era costume sits on bar pouring drink with painting of dancers on wall in background and liquor bottles on shelf behind her during "Bonanza Days" events in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "Connie Phillips on the bar." Some signs...
Winter view of street in Valdez, Alaska, with snow berms towering over the sidewalk and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Two dogs are visible in the center of the photograph and a large clock in the shape of a pocket watch hangs over the street. Signs...
Winter view of Lake Bennett, with tents and huts in the foreground; prospectors follow a trail across the frozen lake, between snow-covered mountains Photographer's number 49
Window case in Hoyt's Jewelry Store on 2nd Avenue in Fairbanks displays gaudy diamond watchbands, money clips, cuff links, and rings for sale to pipeline laborers flush with cash.