Title from verso. Photograph of a .105-mm artillery piece and a crew serving it. Verso reads: "This 105-mm gun and its crew poured more than 2000 rounds of shells into Jap [ Japanese ] positions in the course of four days battling at...
"Lt. William Sharrow gives instruction to trainees on the .30 cal. air cooled machine gun. Alaska guardsmen are trained to shoot and care for a wide variety of weapons."
Title taken from caption. View of mounted gun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Duane (formerly the William J. Duane). Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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...
Title taken from front. Alaska Nellie (Lawing) wearing a parka and mukluks and holding a gun, as she sits among her animal hunting trophies. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Photographer: Schallerer's. Original...
Scenes from the Alaska State Museum at Juneau. Items include Southeast Alaska artwork, a petroglyph from Wrangell, Eskimo stone anchors, an early Russian cannon from Kodiak, a copy of "Signing the Alaska Treaty", a hand-sewn 36-star American flag...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of a gunner watching for enemy aircraft duing the landing of men and equipment on an island in the Aleutian chain. Verso reads: "United States Army troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...
Title from sleeve. Senator Ted Stevens stands at a table opening a gift of a gun in a holster at the Rabbit Creek Gun Club. Guests sit at tables in background. Photographer's number: 2 of 21. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Jerry McCutcheon (left) presents a gun to U.S. Senator Ted Stevens at the Rabbit Creek Gun Club. Photographer's number: 9 of 21. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from verso. Photograph of a tracked vehicle pulling an artillery piece out of the mud. Verso reads: "Just a couple hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle is Adak Island, in Aleutian chain, where Task Force Williwaw has been...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...