Title from image caption Village of Iliamna on north bank of Iliamna River Note: This village became known as "Old Iliamna" when the town site moved to another location in 1935
Built in 1913 as a hotel and bordello, the Alaskan was also known as the Northlander; after being condemned in 1977, it was subsequently restored and, in 1981, placed on the National Register of Historic Places
Title from verso United States and Canadian troops land on Red Beach from landing craft. Red Beach is also known as Board Beach Signal Corps Photo 337838 (Wilfred R. Morgan, photographer)
Title from image caption Man in police uniform Photographer's number 257 See also PCA-87-0224 Sign over doorway reads, " KITCHEENAULT BY THE GOUVERNORS COMMISSION, AND THE COMPANYS PERMISSION, I AM MADE THE GRAND...
Title taken from image. Sitka from Castle Hill. Lincoln or Main Street Sitka, looking east. At right, Russian building known as Old Trading Post. Photographer's number 39.
Title taken from image. Group posing on porch of St. Michael's Cathedral. White building at right known as Corner & Elbow, reported to have been the saloon where Lt. Craven was killed and which during Russian occupation was the residence of...
Possibly a home with office next door; sign on building on left reads, "Dr. Goddard" Note: Dr. Frederick Leland Goddard practiced for a years in Juneau and then became the doctor for the Treadwell Mine, adjacent to Douglas; later in his life,...
Title from verso notes; full verso: “A particularly handsome and valuable dog team, [photograph] taken on the shore of the Bering Sea; this dog team belonged to the Alaska Commercial Co. at St. Michael, Alaska, [and] was brought to Nome, Alaska,...
Title taken from image in accompanying materials. Studio portrait, probably photographed by Winter & Pond. Verso: One of two local Chiefs known as "Mayor of Indian Village." Reverified by Henry Cropley of Juneau.
Title taken from image. Kennicott, a naturalist known for his exploration of Russian America, which led to purchase of Alaska, died in Nulato, Alaska, during exploration to establish an overland telegraph line
Verso: Original is 7½ x 18" print in possession of Skagway friend of Mildred Sparks, Haines. Copy print by Sara Besser Bldg. was later Haines House Farmer's Cottage after 1924. Known names: (l to r.) F. Barnett, Vera Sindhaln, Nellie Hopkins,...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...