Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
Title from verso. Image shows a young man skiing at the base of a man-made ski jump that has been constructed on a hillside. Two lightposts are visible on either side of the ski jump. Some trees and a power line are also visible at the top of...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
52 second, black & white/silent, film clip of people hiking with skis, lacing up their boots, traversing a hill, skiing downhill, and failing to land a ski jump. Also included are scenes of skiers warming up around a fire and a sunset.
38 second, color/silent film clip of the capture of a live walrus pup near St. Lawrence Island. A hunter crosses the ice, jumping over small open leads.
Title taken from album. "Running high jump July 4, 1917 Fairbanks, Alaska." Indexer's note - This sports event is being enjoyed by a large crowd on the street; note there are more spectators on the second floor.
Title taken from the back of photograph. In a grassy courtyard, girls are taking turns jumping on a (sea saw) board while others are looking on. Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.
Title from verso. "Major General C. F. Necrason, Adjutant General Alaska National guard, presents a meritorious service award to Wien Consolidated Airlines. The award was given for expeditious handling of guard movements to and from encampment,...
Title taken from caption. View of a salmon jumping the Iliuk Falls on Naknek Lake, Alaska. Photo taken in what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1919.
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "[Emery C.] Kolb and [Richard E.] Helt wading out to take motion pictures of the salmon jumping the falls. One fish in air just over Kolb's head." The falls in the photo are probably the Iliuk Falls....
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition jumping down onto Katmai Canyon in Alaska. Other photo captions in this series include the statement that "the jump is not so high as it looks." Photo taken in what was later designated...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the National Geographic Society expedition jumping into Katmai Canyon in Alaska, while another member watches. Caption also says: "The last leap in the descent into Katmai Canyon. Although the mountain...