Two young men in Boy Scout uniforms putting up posters in a shop window. Posters: Check your chest. Have an x-ray at the Methodist Church basement starting March 22, 1948. It's free. It's painless. Takes only a few minutes. No...
Blanche Louise Preston McSmith represented Anchorage in the House of Representatives during the second session of the First Alaska Legislature in 1960. Mrs. McSmith was appointed by then-Governor William Egan in January of 1960 to fill out the...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Left to right: Local School Advisory Committee (LSAC) members: Annie Wilson, Anecia Olympic and John D. Nelson. The lady on the far left was from the Lake and Peninsula School District office.
Billy Bergman, Edward Bergman (in front of Billy), Ceza Bergman holding Louie, Old Chief Moses, Henry Moses, and Lucy Moses. Billy and Ceza were Johnson's real parents, but...
Title from caption. Photograph of Tanana's main business district. Visible as seen from their own advertisements are the Lincoln House Hotel and Restaurant, the ER House, also probably a hotel and restaurant and a headquarters, possibly related...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Caterpillar tractor hauling wheat to the local grain elevator. Narrative in photo album read: "Hauling threshed & sacked wheat to the elevator in town using tractor for hauling."
Photograph of C. D. Brown's home in Seward, Alaska. The home is built off the ground and uses local unpeeled whole round logs. There is an addition to the back that may have used milled lumber. Also visible in the photograph is a child and a...
(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;...
(2:44 min) (14 of 27) Assistance from the community
Alaska Road Commission built roads with the assistance of local miners. The miners would volunteer their time, fuel, and equipment.
The Candace Waugaman Collection consists of historical manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera donated by private collector and local historian Candace Waugaman. The collection focuses upon the history of Alaska...
(4:47 min.) (14 of 24) 14 Chief Steward's duties Dealt with VIP's. Directed tourists to local attractions such as the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau or Totem Pole Park and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka. Arranged transportation. ...