Verso: Employees when Aleuts were at Funter Bay, (l. to r.) Mrs. Hallbaum, Daughter of Mrs. Hallbaum, Gov't nurse, Vi Oberg, Mrs. Halverson, Mrs. McMillian, Agents Wife, Ann Hargrave.
Cover: "Scrap-book, belonged to George Kostrometinoff ('Father Sergius') who was in the employ of the Russian gov't. and also the United States gov't.in the early days."
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from verso, reading "Gov't Hill Sch". View damage caused to the Government Hill Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Street sign near center of photo reads "No parking Tu Thurs Sat morning...
Title taken from caption. View of a woman dressed as a clown with two kids and a man dressed as Uncle Sam in the bed of a truck. The truck is a float participating in the Grotto Lunker parade held in Palmer, Alaska. Banners read: "Businessmen for...
View of men being served food in a chow line on the deck of a ship on their way to the Matanuska Valley in southcentral Alaska. From verso: "Dinner is served. Destitute farmers from Minnesota sent by gov't. to [be] relocated in the undeveloped...
Title taken from front of photo G1656. Panoramic view of buildings, tents, and pond at mile 344 of Alaska Engineering Commission Government Railroad during railroad construction in Interior Alaska. Photo formed by joining together two images. Also...