Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
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 Japanese serve fish raw. ...
Five young women identified as left to right: Kuzrere or Grace (Mrs. Percy Blatchford of Nome), Koot egweena, Angnohok, Oo me eeuk, Ang arolok or Bessie (Mrs. Henry Miller of Teller).
Two women identified as Nora (left) and Angnolok (right).
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...
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...
Title from image. Photograph of a fish camp showing canoes and tents. Narrative in photo album reads: "In summer Indians leave villages & go up & down river to suitable fishing sites."
Title from verso. Photograph of several dogsled teams resting outside of a shelter cabin. Verso reads: "This is a shelter cabin. They are built about a day's journey apart by dogteam along the trail. A supply of wood is left each year,...
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. ...
Group portrait photo of a woman wearing a crown and robe sitting down with men standing around her. Sitting in front of her are women, and a man dressed up like a jester. Postcard is postmarked from Ruby, Alaska on Dec....
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
(7:24 min) (01 of 19) Early years Born in small town in Illinois on a farm. Saw a tractor as a great improvement. His father said it was not going to be around too long. Couldn't agree with father on other things so took first opportunity...
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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32 second, color/silent, film clip of the christening of the oil tanker ARCO Juneau. The shipyard and various buildings can be seen in the background. A crowd boards the ship on a gangway lined with bunting; a woman breaks the traditional bottle...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Our rope (Bob & Marie Working, Pete Haase - 1st on the summit & 1st to leave) heading down while others are still coming up."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Morning we leave McGonagall Pass for the tundra, McKinley River, the road, and home. Nice color on the North Peak of Mt. McKinley."
Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC postal clerk."
Congress opened hearings in March 1943 on the conversion of the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) into the Regular Army. The WAC bill was signed into law some four months...