Handwritten on left of photo is, "Love and best wishes to all from Basil." Postcard is postmarked July 29, 1912 from Ruby, Alaska, and is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Written is, "Ruby. July 29. Dear...
Two rows of people sitting down. Eight people in the back row, two in the front row. All are looking slightly right of the camera. Some people have been identified with names handwritten over their depictions. Back...
Photo is of a handwritten essay on a person's experience exploring the land via mushing. There's a photo of an Alaskan malamute in the center of the page and six other dog mushing photos bordering the writing.
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 from handwritten note on cardboard mount. Photograph of pier 21 in 1910. The number on the sign lists the pier as Pier 2. At the left edge is the Alaska Pacific Steamship Company at Pier 1.
Title by indexer. Collection notes read: "Pete Haase on summit." Peter Haase holding a handwritten plaque that reads "1967.4.19 12.30 p.m. Peter E. Haase, Noburu Morikawa, Ryi Nakajima, H. Haneda."
Title page in British atlas: maps and charts accompanying the Case of Great Britain, by the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.
Title handwritten on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 15, 1961 and depicts the airport office building at the airport at Fort Yukon, Alaska. The signs on the office building read, "Passenger Entrance" and "Wien...
Title handwritten on slide. Details of two Tlingit totem poles at Saxman Totem Park (now known as Saxman Native Village) at Saxman, Alaska on Revillagigedo Island near Ketchikan. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk circa 1944.
Title handwritten on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 8, 1961 and depicts naturalist Margaret "Mardy" E. Murie (1902-2003) standing in front of a lake near the Sheenjek River in the Brooks Range of Alaska. There are...
Title handwritten on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 15, 1961 and depicts the airfield at the airport at Fort Yukon, Alaska. The image shows the airstrip to the left, as well as a log building with a metal roof and...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Probably a porpoise." Handwritten below: "or beluga." View of a man crouched over the skeletal remains of a marine mammal. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
Title taken from caption. Handwritten note on verso: "Kind remembrances of a pleasant association. Sincere good wishes. Dr. & Mrs. L.A. White." This aerial photograph of Amaknak Island was likely sent to Alan May by Dr. and Mrs. White after the...
This color slide depicts an aerial view of Mt. Crillon and the Brady Glacier in what is now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The photograph was taken circa 1945-1950 from an airplane window by a photographer identified as "John." The title...
Title taken from caption. Handwritten sign posted on a building in Anchorage after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. The sign reads: "I knew it was tough to make a living in Alaska, but I didn't think we'd go 'in the hole' this bad!"
From verso: "Christian Nerby at university." The back of the postcard also has the handwritten information:"Mr. Ferguson, 20002 Iron St. Engberg Druggist." Portrait of three university students.
Title taken from image (handwritten by Thomas W.Benham). View of the U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service cutter "Bear" with steam launch heading out to sea. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from front. Postcard shows night time view of McKinley Street, Valdez, Alaska. Businesses shown include Valdez Bank and Mercantile Company and Tony's Bar. Handwritten inscription on verso reads: "Dear Marie. Just arrived here 12...
Postcard shows view of buildings, Seward, Alaska. Buildings shown include Bank of Seward and U.S. Marshal's office. Handwritten inscription on verso reads: "Bu[i]ld[i]ng on corner was (& I still think [is]) the Bank of Seward when I lived there...
Title taken from front. Postcard shows view of residential part of Valdez, Alaska, with homes and churches. Handwritten inscription on verso reads: "Dear friend. This finds me well and having a good time. Florence. [Addressed to] Mr. Fred...