Title taken from donor's caption. "Headquarters camp. Arriving at Valdez in mid-February, we were soon on the trail to McCarthy Creek. We reached the spot I had selected for headquaters in late May, something over 90 days out of Valdez. (In...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane with pontoons on a river. It is sitting in front of a bridge, people are walking on a bridge. The bridge appears to be the Cushman Street Bridge.
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Looking northwest from the top of Castle Hill, showing the parade ground, cannery, Governors house, Russian block house, Native cemetery, and the Sitka Native village ("The Ranche"). Gaven Hill, Harbor Mountain, and numerous mountains in the...
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Consolidated Boeing 737 inaugural flight to Barrow, Alaska, with crowds of people gathered on runway. Printed on airplane: "N461G8." Also from verso: "Landed at newly surfaced runway in B[ar]r[o]w." Sept. 16,...
Title taken from caption. View of Bob Reeve in front of his plane on the snowfield used as the airfield for Big 4 Mine. Along the side of the plane it reads "Reeve Airways". Written on the photo are the captions "Pilot Reeve Landed at Mine","Alt...