Title from indexer. Photograph shows a group of people near two planes. One of the planes appears to be having work done on it. The other plane has a cover over it's engine. The men are all wearing heavy coats, a few cabins sit in the distance....
Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...
Title from verso. Photograph of first wave of landing craft heading for the beaches of Attu. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a navy combat photography unit accompanied the first wave of...
"Ott and Scheele owned the Northern Commercial Co. store at Eagle, Alaska. Having purchased it when the Northern Commercial Co. discontinued their Eagle Trading Co store at the left of the picture, he dealt mostly with the natives. The building at...
Title from caption. Image is a postcard. Image shows the sun setting on the Yukon River. Caption reads "Midnight sun on Yukon River". Verso reads "Apr. 29, 1924. On my way back to Alaska. Expect to be in Seward tonight. Having a big snowstorm...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "A celebratory dinner was held amid the tool displays at Rotman's general store/restaurant/hotel (Bishop Gordon at head of table, Al Reiners's wife Joanne at right). Having a second...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "A celebratory dinner was held amid the tool displays at Rotman's general store/restaurant/hotel (Bishop Gordon at head of table, Al Reiners's wife Joanne at right). Having a second...
(7:50 min) (16 of 17) Medical emergencies & tourist industry While teaching at Ft. Yukon woman was having a breech birth. Agreed to take her, got everything ready and when he called to bring her to airplane the baby was born. Wien drove out...
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 caption. "11507 -- (5) The stories we read of life in the Arctic usually persuade us to believe that only the most robust persons should venture into those latitudes, and then only when well provided with an ample wardrobe of...
Title taken from caption. "9212 -- (16) In this view we have a combination of grocery store, postoffice, laundry, and hay and grain warehouse, as well as a Miner's Exchange. Mr. Courtney, the proprietor, was fortunate in having with him his...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
Title by cataloguer. A group of girls, perhaps a choir, are standing in a semi-circle, as though on a stage. An upright piano stands directly behind the performers. In the center, in front of the girls, a man is sitting on the ground. The...
Title taken from caption. "The Anchorage school house, a three-story structure, having all modern improvements. Both a day and a night school are maintained; the day school consists of seven teachers and approximately 300 students, and the...
Title by indexer. This is a half-length black and white portrait photograph of Morris Thompson (1939-2000). Thompson an Athabascan was born and raised in the Yukon River village of Tanana. A well respected leader, he had served his community in...