Title taken from caption. View of the coastline of Bering Island from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. From May's journal, dated July 13th: "It is peculiar that these islands appear to be different from the Aleutians. They are low and...
Title supplied by cataloger. Joe stands in front of a large barrel in the snow. A pile of meat lies to his right. Cans and barrels are scattered throughout the yard. A dog lies by a small shelter nearby. Slide printed 11/1974. Photo taken by Bill...
Ms. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the upper left. Shows Chernabura Island, near the Alaska Peninsula. Signed [Chas.?] Isaacson. "The dotted line shows the direction in which two rocks, awash at low...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows Sea Otter Sound, Prince of Wales Island. "Pl. XXVII." "Vüe de l'entrée de la Loutre. Elle git Par les 55 degres 45 Minutes de Latitude Nord, et les 226 degres 30 Minutes de Longitude Est de Greenwich." From...
View looking down Chitina River with dense growth of trees on riverbanks. One barren tree in the foreground of photo. A narrow dirt road on the left bank of the river. A lone rock lies in the water near the left shoreline.
Title from caption. Near bottom right corner the image also bears the inscription "Blankenberg Photo." View over a bridge across the water to Fort William H. Seward, Alaska. The fort, constructed in 1904, was later named Chilkoot...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a large house with windows and gables. A few people are standing outside. In the distance smaller houses built on stilts can be seen. In the background lies a steep, rocky slope.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a large house with windows and gables. In the distance smaller houses built on stilts can be seen. In the background lies a steep, rocky slope. This scene is seen from a boat on the water. Caption on back of...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows woman standing in front of a large rock. A sign wrapped around the rock reads "Rawson Coal Co. Moose Creek". A street lined with buildings lies behind her.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 5 - Looking East". Photograph shows a rocky landscape at the base of some mountains. A dead bear lies in the foreground.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Aug 23 - Self writing notes in camp -". Photograph shows a man sitting in a camp. He is smoking a pipe next to a campfire and a tent. A pack and some rope lies nearby.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Koyukuk Station. Caption from album reads: "Koyukuk Station like all the Yukon Indian villages lies along the bank of the river. It is located at the mouth of the Koyukuk river from which it takes its name....
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Karstens Ridge and Browne Tower viewed from the 12,000ft camp. Our route lies straight up that very steep portion of the ridge."