Title from photograph UAF-2009-123-194, current caption in album is: "Dec 18 - From same point". Photograph shows a snowy mountain. Patterns in the snow and ice make the mountain and the valley below look streaked.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 24 - Karstens first attempt to photograph me just after catching the cub". Photograph shows what appear to be mountains. This photograph is too blurry to make any details out.
Title from previous photograph UAF-2009-123-506, current caption reads: "August - Same" Photograph shows a man sitting in a camp. Supplies can be seen hanging from the poles that are holding up the tent. It is difficult to make out other...
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
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...
Title from verso. Photograph of the mountainous interior of Attu Island. Verso reads: "'Inside' Attu. -- Not exactly a pleasant place for a stroll, this interior area on Attu in the Aleutians. But Attu is a key Navy base in the...
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb exploding on Japanese military installation in the Aleutian Islands. Verso reads: "An upsurging column of smoke causes a long shadow over Jap [ Japanese ] installations as a U.S. bombadier hits his...
Title from verso. Photograph of a young woman from Savoonga. The photo has been marked for cropping. Verso reads: "Seattle, Wash. -- The Coast Guard Cutter, Northwind, "battle-scarred" veteran of polar region expeditions, recently...
Title from caption. Photograph of six men and a woman (center) standing behind boxes of gold packed for shipping. Their weapons are evident. Cataloger's note: Image is salvaged from an original P.S. Hunt glass plate. The caption at the...
Title from cataloger. Postcard of a young woman in a parka. She is standing in front of a wood pile stacked against a building. Verso of post card reads: "This is [Esther?] Barryman, a half-breed. The father is one of Kotzebue's...
Title from verso. Photograph of Selawik inhabitants floating home on a raft of logs with their tent set up for the trip. Verso reads: "[In?] the [spring?] before the ice and snow is gone the people from Selawik go up the river with their...
Color photo of a man standing in front of 14 bear pelts . Postcard postmarked from Cordova, Alaska on Mar. 15, 1910 and addressed to Mr. Newton Clemons, Medina Co. [County], Devine, Texas. Written on the verso, "Dear...
(5:24 min.) (16 of 20) AK steam and NC co easy targets for dislike/canneries--accused of too high rates--NC co accused of too high prices--Alaska steam charged a tariff rate/charters charged per day--many ports would not make a profit each...
(7:03 min.) (06 of 27) Alaska Road Commission II
Commission members lived in Alaska, but had to get funding from Congress. Later got funding from the Departments of Commerce and Interior. Head of the commission was Richardson, a personable...
(6:50 min.) (10 of 27) Right-of-way issues
Standards of alignment, grade & bridges. Some were location dependent. Engineers' suggestions and approval process, no requirement for acquiring right-of-way. People always wanted roads to their...
(4:06 min) (21 of 27) Haul Road -- Anuktuvuk Pass vs. Detrich Pass
There was some uncertainty as to whether or not trucks could make it over the Detrich Pass. Winter Road only used for two years.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man standing with a Native Alaskan woman. They are standing in front of a log cabin. Caption from album reads: "Mr. Holmberg and the Old Medicine Woman. The old woman has great influence over the other...
(5:27 min) (09 of 27) Flying for fur buyers
Leo Kay member of the Koslosky family. Fairbanks, Ruby, Hughes, Kobuk, Shungnak, Kiana, Kotzebue then Nome. Maime Wig's Roadhouse ran into Jim McGoffin, & (Muskrat) Johnnie Schwagler. Took off...
Caption on back says, "Wiseman 60 miles inside Arctic Circle." According to Robin Mills and Steve Lanford, BLM, this is actually Coldfoot [which would make it about 49 miles north of the Arctic Circle].
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...