View of damage from March 27, 1964 earthquake, Mt. McKinley Building (later known as McKay Building), 4th Avenue and Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska. March 1964. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
View of house built on stilts along the cliffs of King Island (also known as Ukivok), Alaska. From verso: "King Island." Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
View of houses built on stilts along the cliffs at King Island (also known as Ukivok), Alaska. From verso: "King Island." Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
View of pilot Noel Wien and his Hisso Standard J-1 airplane at Wiseman, Alaska, with spectators at left and another man at right. From verso: "Noel Wien with the World War II Hisso Standard J-1, affectionately known as 'Jenny' at Wiseman in the...
View of Portage Bay (now known as Passage Canal) from the summit of the Portage Glacier, Prince William Sound, April 1898. Photograph taken by Walter C. Mendenhall in during the 1898 Cook's In;et Exploring Expedition, lef by Edwin F. Glenn on...
View of Portage Glacier as seen from Turnagain Highway (later known as Seward Highway) along Turnagain Arm in southcentral Alaska. From slide mount: "10-2-55 Portage Glacier from Turnagain H[igh]w[a]y." Oct. 2, 1955. Photograph type: 35 mm color...
View of sign on Baranof (also known as Baranov) House in Kodiak, Alaska. Sign reads: "Baranof House. Built circa 1793. Kodiak & Aleutian Islands Historical Society Museum. This building served as a storehouse and commissary for Alexander Baranof's...
View of structural damage to building later known as Inlet View Towers, Anchorage, Alaska, after March 27, 1964 earthquake. This was one of only two 14 story buildings in Alaska at that time. From verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical...
View of village of Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska, location of U.S. Government Reindeer Project. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard Kosbau and Ward W. Wells,...
View of Wien Alaska Airlines Fairchild F-27A (also known as Fokker F-27 Friendship) propeller airplane at airport in Fairbanks, Alaska. Printed on airplane: "N2708R." 1959-1960? Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Whale boats in the Bering Sea wait for a whale to surface.
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundry between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in the Bering Straits. The whale has...
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundary between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in Bering Strait.
What looks to be the entire population of Long, Alaska along with many guests watch a wheelbarrow race on July 4th, 1915. Visible businesses are: The Pioneer Store, general merchandise; Campbell's Store, which is also the Post Office; The...
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The...
Woman with a fire nearby boiling a liquid in a pot.
Caption: An old woman burns the shavings from the new paddles. She throws the ashes over the path of the whale boat as it is taken to open water. This is to scare away evil spirits....