Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend showing the division of land to different controlling countries and notes on dominant religions in different areas. Alaska is vaguely represented, labeled as the discoveries of Chirikov in 1741. ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend showing the division of land to different controlling countries and notes on dominant religions in different areas. Alaska is vaguely represented, labeled as the discoveries of Chirikov in 1741. ...
A group of people gathered around, with a piano nearby. The people are labeled, left to right, front row: Arthur Cole, Bill McGuire, [unknown] Browne, Otto Van S., [unlabeled]. Second row: Mary Browne, [unlabeled],...
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over. The Winnie...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Sgt. Muesser A.A.C. 1942 Army Test Expedition. (? Listed as Corporal in E. Nillson's diaries.)" The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942....
Photograph of Judge Dimond administering an oath. Additional information has since been supplied by the Alaska State Court Library in Anchorage, Alaska [July 27, 2004]. "We have a similar photo in our collection, taken just before or just...
Title from verso. Photograph of smoke rising from a small island (Kinnaw(sic)) after a bombing run. Verso reads: "Smoke rises from fires started by American air and ground forces on the small island of Kinnaw (sic) , off Chicagof...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
(4:41 min.) (08 of 28) 8. Getting to Africa The ship shuddered, then listed and water came in the portholes. They had run into a submarine [u-boat]tender. The Santa Paula was eventually sunk by submarines.
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: This is a a document granting charter to the listed names on the right, bearing a seal and signed by the President and secretary of the "Pioneers of Alaska" organization. The exact wording of the...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Warehouse goes down -- Listed as a total loss by Elmendorf AFB engineers, this supply warehouse went down during the havoc-creating Good Friday earthquake which struck...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Warehouse goes down -- Listed as a total loss by Elmendorf AFB engineers, this supply warehouse went down during the havoc-creating Good Friday earthquake which...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anch. [Anchorage] Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Many of the homes in the...
Title from accompanying materials. Ralph Miller and Mr. Powers go ptarmigan hunting and find success on the tundra. The men's identity is listed in accompanying materials.
Title taken from caption "Photographers and topographers working on the summit of Bear Mt." View of Clarence F. Maynard in the background and one of the expedition photographers while they worked on Bear Mountain. Identity based on fact that...
Title taken from caption. View of Clarence F. Maynard testing his equipment near Kodiak. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on...
Title taken from caption. View of J. W. Shipley setting up and using his chemical laboratory. Identity based on fact that Shipley is the only chemist listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition taking pictures of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken at what was later...
View of Clarence F. Maynard working atop Novarupta. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 National Geographic expedition to Katmai area. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National...
Title taken from caption. View of Clarence F. Maynard drinking water under a snow drift. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 National Geographic expedition to Katmai area. Photo taken at what was...