Color postcard with the title on the front. On the back it reads: Dear Bartlett, I am positive this will interest you-you were five years of age at the time-and just as fine a boy as you are a man. Sincerely, A. J. Raynor (Al)
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...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Panel title: Map of Nome, York and Klodike, Alaska and Northwest Territories, with information on routes, outfits and other topics of interest. Oriented with north to the upper right. Insets: From S.E....
(2:20 min.) (02 of 12) Toast Mistress Club and the Statehood Issue debating committee; debate -- Statehood issue; rules; politics, religion; appoint a committee to study issue of Statehood; too political -- couldn't study Statehood; Dr. Moberg...
(3:11 min.) (08 of 12) Pork-Barrel appointment to judgeships and reactions to Ada being a part of the Constitutional Convention Fairbanks -- before Statehood; territorial form of government -- people had no voice; Washington DC -- grant favors;...
(2:53 min.) (09 of 12) People's lack on interest in Statehood and politics; airplane business; dedicated mother; Toast Mistress Club; education; Alaskans -- not interested in regulations or laws; citizens -- some felt effects; Lathrop, Cap --...
One album with 137 photographs of the Deering, Teller, and Nome areas of Alaska. Many of the images are of families living in those towns and of houses and buildings in the area, including interior scenes. Other images include mining activities...
2 min, 54 sec film clip, color/sound. Title frame identifies clip as color/silent. Senator Ted Stevens discusses an amendment proposed by Sen. Paul Tsongas to the Alaska Lands Act, particularly, its effect on mining operations and...
10 min, 2 sec film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks long-time staffer Marie [Matsuno] Nash, who recently retired as director of Stevens's...
9 min, 3 sec. film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks Janet Halverson; recognizes deployed U.S. military personnel; comments on regime change...
46 second, black & white/silent, film clip of a street car in Skagway. The side of the car reads "Skaguay Alaska Street Car -- to all points of interest -- 25 [unreadable, possibly cents]". There appear to be two stuffed toys or dolls or puppets...
Title taken from stereograph. "343-13329 -- Eskimo Girls and part of Crew of Steamship Eric at Uper-Navik, northernmost Danish trading post, Greenland"
"Upernavik is the northernmost Danish trading post in Greenland. Greenland, as you...
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
This image shows Article VII of the constitution of the state of Alaska which provides free education to all children of the State by mandating public school system and state university system. The article also directs the legislature to provide...
View of window display featuring globe and sign in First National Bank of Anchorage window advertising 14th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and to be held in bank lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. From...
Title taken from caption. View of table set for celebration with coffee pot, candles, silverware, and cake in Anchorage, Alaska. Event is described by Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) as "one of a series of state night events designed to...
Men (some in uniform) standing behind table laid out with food and drink during "New York Night" held by USO at Community Hall in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "The food was excellent prepared by the chefs of the Railway Battalion [714th Railway...
Title taken from caption. View of Officer Myers, of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne, surrounded by young Alaska Native boys. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
From verso: "Miss Miriam Dickey and Captain Lathrop. Miss Dickey is Secretary-Treasurer of the Midnight Sun Broadcasting Company, and is Capt's "right hand man" in all his other widespread enterprises. It was her interest in radio and its...