View of White Alice Communications Loran (long range navigation) station at Cape Sarichef, Alaska, as seen from hill to the south, with two people standing in foreground and ocean in background. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a...
View of welcome sign at Bettles Field, Alaska. Sign reads: "Welcome to Bettles Field, Alaska. 66 [degrees]-54' N. 151 [degrees]-31' W. 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population 51. Elevation 665'. Lowest recorded temp[erature] Jan. 1947 -65...
View of the starting point of the 1966 Fur Rendezvous sled dog race on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. The highest banner reads: "Pepsi-Cola Scholarships at State Finals, Miss Alaska Pagent, West High Auditorium, February 25 - 8:00 PM, An Official...
View of Alaska Department of Highways sign with facts about Alaska posted on Alaska Highway, possibly near border between Alaska and Canada. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Facts on Alaska. Alaska is twice as large as Texas, covering...
Title taken from text. Album caption: Bridge across a troublesome glazier (glacial) stream 12 miles below McCallum. Highest ground now where the trusssed span was built three years ago. The damaged section of the bridge result of glazier water...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Mt. Foraker viewed from Denali Pass (2nd highest peak in the Alaskan Range and 6th highest mountain in North America - it's on the opposite side of the mountain from our...
Title taken from caption. "The sun at its highest point on the shortest day in the year. Noon Dec 21 - 98. From San Jose cabin." Photographer: P.S. Hunt, photo No. 106.
Cataloguer's note: Hunt had lived in San Jose California for eight...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Panorama of the western slope of Malcom River valley from a knoll on east side about 1/2 mile south from Hospital Camp opposite two ponds. Shows massive quartzite formation to south and...
Title from verso. "[Lake Clark Pass, one of the few passes through the tumultuous icy Alaskan Range of which Mt. McKinley is the highest point. Six reindeer were transported each trip. One trip the plane was unable to get through after flying 8...
Title from caption. Photograph of Seattle as seen from Puget Sound. Narrative in photo album reads: "View of Seattle from Puget Sound, in left main part of city, L. C. Smith Bldg, highest building west of the Miss. River at the right."
Title from caption. Photograph of a trestle bridge on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad known as The Steel Cantilever Bridge. Narrative in photo album reads: "One of the highest railroad trestles in the world on the Y. & W. P. R. R. Taken...
Title from caption in album: "May 2 - S.W. from highest Peak of Bear Draw - Up [illegible] Divide at right - McKinley was clear, but does not show". Photograph shows snow covered mountains and a river valley.
Title from caption in album: "Dec 18 - McKinley from west ridge this from top of highest dome north". Photograph shows a snowy mountain top with a little vegetation in the foreground.
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE 5-4250) Seattle, Washington For the ship whose crew brought her...
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE 5-4250) Seattle, Washington May 6, 1965 For bringing their ship...
Title from accompanying notes. "Pete. The 'Twa Harpies', the highest unclimbed peaks in Alaska and the principal mountains we'd come to climb, are in the background." A man in red parka, sunglasses, holding an ice pick is posed in front of...