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. ...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the...
Formal portrait of Charlie Jones, also known as Chief Shakes VII, wearing the Killer Whale Flotilla Robe. Title and description courtesy of Alaska State Museum.
Title from verso. In 1942, Sascha Brastoff (1918 - 1993, born Samuel Brostofsky) enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was assigned first as a designer and then as a performer to the Air Force show “Winged Victory.” He created and impersonated...
Title taken from verso. Verso: Part of this is now street. Dad (Allen Shattuck) in white hat. Henry Shattuck - right. Elder (Charles) Young Brother, next Dad, left Young (no relation) bookkeeper next center Young...
Square log building housing The Alaskan newspaper, also known as The Sitka Alaskan. A wooden ramp leads to the door; the building is standing on pilings.
Signs in image: The Alaskan. Visitors Special Edition of The Alaskan on sale at Kooshers...