A tractor with a blade clears snow from the Jesse Lee Home grounds east of Goode Hall in Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." 1946-1955. Original photograph size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/4".
Alaskan Governor Scott Bone, President Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Harding, and Herbert Hoover. Arrow on front of photo points to Bone. From verso: "Gov. of Alaska in 1925, Scott Bone. (Actually Bone with Pres. Harding, [Harding's] wife, Herbert Hoover...
Ayek, Sylvester (artist). Signed and dated. Size: 48 x 63 x 6 in. Sculpture: wood, ivory, and braided nylon. This work was part of The Smithsonian Institution's "Crossroads Of Continents" exhibit.
Businessmen from Anchorage, Alaska seated at banquet, Washington, D.C. From verso: "1946. Washington D.C. Local businessmen chartered a flight to Washington D.C. to petition for an international airport for Anchorage. Sen. Gruening at far end of...
Descriptive Narrative: Double-headed eagle plaque of cast bronze. Crowns on each eagle head, symbols of power held in the talons; on eagle's breast is octagon shape with figure of St George. One wing tip is missing.
Exhibition: object traveled...
Group photo of Sisters of Providence at shrine on grounds of Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. May 31, 1956. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Includes key to abbreviations. Selective relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Conic projection. Engraved by Matthews, Northrup & Co. Compiled from U.S.C. Survey charts nos. 701, 702, 756, 786, 798, 806 and 960;...