Chart of the Yukon River, from its mouth to above Fort Reliance. Includes key and explanatory notes on navigation and history. One map on 63 sheets, both sides. (126 segments, including title sheet with notes and section map on verso; 62 sheets...
Captures some of the landmarks and landscapes found in Wrangell; these include: the harbor, a totem pole, Wrangell Fire Department, the Wrangell Sentinel, the post office, a building labelled "Campbell Brothers", the 49th Star Theatre, and a wooden...
(4:38 min) (06 of 17) Flying history, quit commercial flying 1960 quit flying so he could spend summers furthering education. Sam White gave advice, Harold Gilliam, Wien's, the real bush pilots or first wave of air pioneers. More...
Title from verso. "Wilkins' Expedition. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." The markings on the side of the ski plane read: "Detroit News Wilkins Expedition" and "Stinson Detroiter". See UAF-1991-98-427 for more information.
Title from verso. "Wilkins. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." In 1927 Explorer George Hubert Wilkins led the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic Expedition. This was Wilkins's second venture into the Arctic. The plane, a Stinson-Detroit biplane which was...
Title from verso. "Wilkins (expedition). Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." A close up shot of the large Fokker airplane which was part of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic Expedition of 1927. The side of the ski plane reads "Fokker"; the nose,...
(3:53 min.) (05 of 12) Experiences working towards Statehood; Senate of the United States; arguments for and against Statehood; Statehood Bill passed -- June 30th, 8 pm 1958; American -- Alaskan; worked towards Statehood -- no blood shed;...
Descriptive Narrative: Playing cards (all original 52) and leather case. White Pass & Yukon Route. Different scenes.
History: Gift of Caryl Sale Krug and John W. Krug, 1998. Collected by William W. Sale and Neeta Tobey Sale, residents of Nome,...
Title taken from caption. "Cutters Corwin and Walcott". Cataloguer's note: This picture depicts the two cutters which are well known in Alaska Military history. They are seen here probably during an annual cruise which began in the 1880s.
Title by cataloguer. The man on the right is probably the widely acclaimed Jujiro Wada. He was a man of many trades and known all over Alaska and the Northwest Territories.
Further information was provided by Ron Inouye,...
Title from caption. Photograph of a totem pole in Ketchikan. Caption reads: "One of the finest carved totem poles in S. Eastern Alaskan [sic], situated at Ketchikan. These totem poles represent the history of the tribe that erect them &...
(4:14 min.) (07 of 08) 7. Population dislocation. Average person in Anchorage has lived here less than five years, only came to take advantage of the money, and plans to retire elsewhere. The less educated people raised in rural Alaska...
(3:23 min.) (01 of 08) 1. Clem's history in Alaska. Clem came to Alaska to recover from malaria contracted during WWII in the South Pacific. He has been actively involved in politics from territorial days. He explains his conservative...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...
Topp, Roger (modeler, animator). Frame from a 3D Computer graphic visualization illustrating the function of the Nauligaun (Darting Gun). Models, animation, and rendering by Roger Topp. Produced with the aid of whaling captain Van Edwardson,...