Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title taken from label on matting. United States Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes and Jane Dahlman Ickes with binoculars standing near sign at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. Sign reads: "Muldrow...
Title taken from label on matting. View of house belonging to Pete Clevoe in Anchorage, Alaska, with other buildings in background. Address on house reads: "1246." Also from label: "(Temp. 25)." From verso: "8th & N. Pete Clevoe's house."...
Title taken from label on matting. King Island Eskimo chief Aulaġana (John Olarana) stands against umiak as Father Bernard Hubbard and two children watch Ken Chisholm paint letters on boat at beach in Nome, Alaska, with ship in far right...
Title taken from label on matting. View of Alaska Railroad station at Seward, Alaska, with railroad freight cars and ships at dock in background. Sign on building reads: "Seward." Also from label: "(Temp. 153)." Photographer's number 8189. Sept....
Title taken from label on matting. View of car parked in front of cottage at Harding Lake, southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, along Richardson Highway. Sign on cottage reads: "Ezetotake." Also from label: "(Temp. 146)." Photographer's number 8182....
Title taken from front. View of railroad construction crew with pile driver redriving bridge trestle after washout at mile 65 of Alaska Northern Railway over Twentymile River, Alaska. Also from front: "Mile 65." From label: "AN 18." An Alaska...
Kindergarten class posed in front of bulletin board and map at Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. From original album label: "Seward kindergarten 1949-1950, Jesse Lee graduating class." From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516."...
View of nine men standing and sitting in chairs around bar during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Chairs stand in front of bar, another chair stands in foreground, and glasses line shelves behind bar....
View along White Alice Communications Systems communication path near Homer, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska during the Cold...
View looking along White Alice Communications route near Homer, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska during the Cold War. From...
View of three men during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Couch stands against wall at left and lamp sits on table to right of couch. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air...
View of ten men standing around bar during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Chairs stand in front of bar, another chair and table stand in foreground, and glasses line shelves behind bar. The White Alice...
View of power poles and electric lines near Homer, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula. From slide box label: "Cable routes and scenes near Homer." 1955-1961. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
View of five men standing and one sitting at bar during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Chairs stand in front of bar and glasses line shelves at back of bar. The White Alice Communications System (WACS)...
View of three men during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Couch stands against wall at left and lamp sits on table to right of couch. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air...
View of five men during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Chairs stand against wall at left and bar is partially visible at right. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air...
View of five men dancing during party at White Alice Communications site, Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. Couch stands against wall at left, lamp sits on table to left of couch, picture hangs on wall above couch, and bar with chair is partially...