Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
97 second film clip, color/sound. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection, 1978". Film shows footage of two vehicles traveling down an extremely muddy road near Talkeetna. The voice of Riley Roberts can be heard discussing the need for...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of the passengers on the sternwheeler Whitehorse. The following narrative states: "Above is all of our crowd on the 'White Horse' taken by myself with a string at a wood camp in Canadian Territory. Most of them we...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of a boy with his brother tied to his back, standing on the bank of the Yukon River. Narrative in photo album reads: "This is rather unusual showing a boy, (Likeness?) carrying his little brother Herman. Herman...
Photo of a young native boy standing by the side of the Yukon with pelts hanging up behind him. He's dressed up in a blazer and a loose tie around his collar. Postcard is postmarked from Tanana, Alaska on April 11,...
Color photo of four men standing in front of a log building. One of them is holding a gold pan filled with gold. Man to the extreme left has a pipe in his mouth. Postcard is addressed to Mr. L.J. Clemons, Devine, Texas,...
(4:11 min) (20 of 27) Haul Road -- Cook & conditions
Cook volunteered to go along when he heard about project. He handed out cookies to the kids, helped in building community relations. Construction was moving slow; there were just not...
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
03 More military training (3:36 min.) (03 of 09) Pearl went to Sweetwater, Texas, to train with the Women's Air Corps. She heard that there was a need for pilots in Alaska. In 1944, she headed to Fairbanks, Alaska. She got stuck in Seattle...
Title taken from donor's caption. "The first steamboat goes up the Copper and Chitina Rivers to carry supplies for the Kennecott Mine and to build a railway. The next day we floated lazily down the Chitina River, a much bigger and somewhat...
Title taken from donor's caption. "We built a boat here to run the river to the coast. Left to right, Tony Diamond, now (1950) U. S. Federal Judge in Anchorage, Alaska, George Potter, 'Bill' and Julia Potter."
Album caption: The source of the stream shown in the two preceding pictures. This is a mountain of clear crystal ice, covered with a two or three foot layer of crushed rock and gravel, making what is called a "dirty" glazier. The great volume of...
Title taken from caption. Members of the expedition await the arrival of the launch from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. From May's journal, dated June 4th: "We were all digging away yesterday morning when we heard the Tally whistling....