Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes trails and railroad routes. Inclosed area indicates land from which the Cassiar Central Railway may select 700,000 acres. Inset: Key map of the Canadian Yukon and northern territory of British...
Shows routes of expeditions since 1900 and extreme limit of pack ice. Relief shown by hypsometric tints; depths shown by bathymetric tints. "Engraved, printed and published by W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh & London." Possibly from...
5 maps on one sheet. From Encyclopaedia Britannica, ninth ed., vol. XIX, Plate 2. Components: North circumpolar chart -- South circumpolar chart -- [Arctic islands of Canada and west coast of Greenland] -- [Smith Sound region] -- [Spitzbergen and...
Title from verso. Photograph of a submarine docking at Dutch Harbor, while an honor guard waits on the pier. Verso reads: "Vulnerable. -- Dutch Harbor, the Navy's oldest base in the Aleutian Islands, has been reduced to "care-taker"...
(3:05 min.) (10 of 12) Ideas discussed at the Convention; common wealth; discussions -- Convention; counties versus boroughs; counties -- corrupt form of government; double taxation; Local Government Article -- last article; members attitudes;...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Donald Oktollik and Rowland Cox. From donor notes: "Donald Oktollik served as interpreter during sermons, for the benefit of the older people (and also younger people, mostly men, who had missed out on...
Title by indexer. Photograph of a sermon given in St. Thomas Church, Point Hope, Alaska. Full donor notes read: "Donald Oktollik served as interpreter during sermons, for the benefit of the older people (and also younger people, mostly...
(4:20 min) (18 of 24) 18 Strikes and Seattle in the 1930's
Smith Towers. Strikes caused lots of problems with tourists; they only had limited time and couldn't afford the time loss. The Steward and the Purser would have to work things out...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title by indexer. "Offical photograph U.S. Army Air Forces. 1452 AAF base unit, ATC Apo 462, Minneapolis, Minn." A man is hauling a stack of boxes, possibly produce, on a fork lift. The brand and type of the equipment is Clark Fork truck (see...
Title by indexer. Two men dressed in warm jackets and gloves are standing next to a small ski plane with a large letter "C" on its side. A blanket hangs over the airplane propellers. Next to them, boxes of cargo are stacked on the snowy ground....
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Title taken from verso. View of men and women at rear of observation car on North Pole Limited train in Alaska. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's? Original photograph size: 2 5/8" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from front. People gathered at railroad station for arrival of "Midnight Sun Limited" at Fairbanks, Alaska. Sign on depot building reads: "Fairbanks." Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Photographer: Cann. Postcard....
Title taken from verso. View of De Havilland Turbo Beaver floatplane on lake in Ontario, Canada, with two men on dock and buildings in background. Photographer's number 19239. Oct. 1964. Photographer: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Limited....
Sigurd Wien stands in front of De Havilland Canada Twin Otter airplane at airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, with hangar in background. Printed on airplane: "CF-VMD," "Twin Otter," and "De Havilland Canada." 1967. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Consolidated Airlines De Havilland Twin Otter airplane in Alaska. Printed on airplane: "Wien Consolidated" and "N2714R." 1968? Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. Sigurd Wien in cockpit of De Havilland Twin Otter airplane in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also from verso: "De Havilland Aircraft." 1967. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Consolidated Airlines De Havilland Turbo Beaver on floats in Alaska, with another airplane in background. Printed on airplane: "Wien Consolidated" and "N3791G." Also from verso: "De Havilland Beaver PHC-2." Late...