The highly anticipated "Vital Signs" television series launches on Alaska One and KUAC-TV. Alaska has been a leader in delivering high quality health care to its citizen, especially in rural and remote locations. Alaska's health professionals...
Caption: Mr. and Mrs. Tony Joule of Kotzebue visit with Senator E. L. Bartlett in the Capitol after Mr. Joule was presented an award marking his 40 years service with the federal government in Alaska. The Joules now live in Anchorage. Mr. Joule...
Title from caption. Photograph of a mining operation that used steam to thaw the permafrost. Visible in the photo are the boiler, wood pile, cabin and what may be another cabin. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Winter view of a one man...
Title from caption. Photograph of Dr. Hudgin seated in front of a tent. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right: Dr. Hudgin, a medical doctor who 30 years before was told in the East he had only a few months to live on account of...
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Feb 9 - Attempt to get some live ewes + lambs in range south of Cabin Divide". Photograph shows rocky mountain slopes and peaks with snow on them.
Title from caption in album: "May 19 - First attempt to get live sheep on Forks Mt.". Photograph shows the shadow of the photographer on a hillside. Mountains can be seen in the distance.
Title from caption. Photograph of Passengers disembarking from a steamship and walking down Moore's Wharf. Caption reads: "Skaguay Bay & town shewing the three wharfs constructed to the left of our dock near bluff at right. These three...
Little girl sitting outside a tent, holding a doll, surrounded by three puppies. Written on verso, " This photo is for Tomie. It is of the little girl and her big wax doll and three little puppies. They live next door...
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf with ships tied along it; livestock in pens and bales of hay can be seen at the far right. Caption reads: "Moore's Wharf before it was extended & completed, during these years from the period...
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf with the S.S. Spokane and the S.S. Alki tied up. Passengers and soldiers from the USS Buford can be seen on the dock. Also visible is a pen full of sheep. Caption reads: "Our wharf again...
(4:02 min) (07 of 17) Being a live coward
Single engine planes are dangerous, no back-up. Coastal Geodetic Survey Tigvariak Island. Had to get them to Barter Island--white out cloud cover turned around and went back passenger complained.
38 second, color/silent film clip of the capture of a live walrus pup near St. Lawrence Island. A hunter crosses the ice, jumping over small open leads.
Title taken from Stereograph. "244-11518 -- This view shows a group of natives on the banks of the Yukon. The Yukon flows through the central part of Alaska for a distance of about 1,200 miles. Fish are an important food production in Alaska....
Title taken from caption. "9358 -- (36) We frequently see published statements to the effect that the aborigines are rapidly disappearing, but the scene here depicted contradicts such an assertion. The eleven youthful Esquimaux who make up the...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Celebration party at Mooseberry Lodge (several of the McKinley Park Hotel Staff live here during the tourist season)."