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.
View of a group of ACS (Alaska Communications System) employees. Christine McClain is standing in front near the center of the group. From caption: "ACS 1954". Based on other photos in the collection, this photo was most likely taken in Anchorage,...
Description: Photograph shows Al Parmenter, standing on the side of an airplane, about to board. Albert Parmenter came to Alaska in the mid-1930s and mostly flew the Valdez to Fairbanks route. Parmenter left Alaska to work for Lockheed Aircraft....
Title taken from caption. View of a crowd of people in the ski lodge at Alyeska Ski Resort, Alyeska at Girdwood, Alaska. A black bear hide is hanging on the wall. Photo most likely taken in 1960. Original photo size 8" x 10".
Title taken from caption. Handwritten note on verso: "Kind remembrances of a pleasant association. Sincere good wishes. Dr. & Mrs. L.A. White." This aerial photograph of Amaknak Island was likely sent to Alan May by Dr. and Mrs. White after the...
View of damage to the Penney Building in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Obscured sign on the left likely reads National Bank of Alaska. Street lights and electric/telephone wires are seen.
Title taken from caption. View of Charles Moses of Anchorage Community Chorus holding a book of sheet music, Anchorage, Alaska. Photo most likely taken in 1960. Original photo size 8" x 10".
Title taken from caption. View of four men in front of a sign, one of them holding a microphone and a shovel, at a groundbreaking ceremony. Caption also reads: "L[eft]/R[ight,] Mayor George H. Byer, [Charles] Laughton, Frank Brink, Director of...
Title taken from caption. View of four men in front of a sign, one of them holding a shovel and digging while the others watch, at a groundbreaking ceremony. Caption also reads: "L[eft]/R[ight,] Mayor George H. Byer, [Charles] Laughton, Frank...
View of a truck belonging to Anchorage Sand and Gravel. The sign on the door reads: "Anchorage Sand and Gravel, Build it with concrete". The banner on the side reads: "Yes! Another New One". Based on other photographs in the series this photograph...
This school was not used after 1936; according to the teacher's report, "After the school was closed from 1936-1940, it was thought desirable by the community to hold school in the lobby of the hotel belonging to the estate of Mr. Asbjorensen,...
A dozen tents lined up on sides of trail, snow-covered mountains behind; also visible are a sled, piles of firewood, and a log cabin on hillside; likely in Chisana Mining District
Camp set up for a long stay: tent, clothes on line, game on rack, tables, cooking pots, gold pan, cooking spit; a man tends campfire; likely in Chisana Mining District
Collection notes: Mavdehiah Rasmuson (1896-?), Dena'ina Athapaskan who married Tommy Rasmuson (1875-1918) Norwegian Bristol Bay fisherman. Child is Stephenata Rasmuson (1912-?) Most likely taken on Lake Clark. Image reversed. ...