Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 34 seconds MPG format. The Bald Eagle is a large raptor known for its white head and tail. Young eagles develop the distinctive white markings after they are 5 years old. They are Alaska's largest resident bird...
Postcard is postmarked from Iditarod, Alaska on Sep. 18, 1911 and is addressed to Mrs. Clemons, Ridgeway, Tex. [Texas]. Written is, "Sept. 18. Dear Mother, received your letter the other day. Was glad to hear from you. ...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of an Alaska Railroad trestle across the Chester Creek mud flats. Also from verso: "A barge has been drawn up on the beach and was unloaded at low tide. At low tide the beach is exposed for two to three hundred...
(6:58 min.) (16 of 28) 16. Virginia speaks about flight instruction
Virginia's first solo flight was on December 7, 1941, but since all flights were canceled that day she had to solo again a week later. Flights were cancelled because of...
Title taken from caption. Group of women pose together during garden club convention in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also from caption: "G. (Grace) Abbas, M. (Mary) Topolski, V. (Vi) Green, B. (Bernice) Kaufman[n], S. (Sallie) Karabelnikoff, A. (Agnes) Umbs,...
Photo of nine people outside a log building. Postcard is stamped Ruby, Alaska, Feb. 6, 1916 and is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Hopkins Co. Written is, "Ruby, Alaska Feb. 6. Dear Mother, have just...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 34 seconds, MPG-1 format. It is time to break camp and haul the gear down to the beach. The tents and tarps are folded for the journey back to...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 11 seconds, MPG-1 format. Everyone has reached Tuapakusuk and set up their tents as a new storm is brewing out on the ocean. The three boats...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Postcard postmarked from Kokrines on Nov. 14, 1911 and addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas, Hopkins Co. [County]. Written on the verso is, "Dear Mother, your long looked for and very welcome letter of Sept....