The Alaska ferry, Wickersham, was purchased by the State of Alaska from the Swedish Stena Line for $6,960,000.00 in April, 1968, having only been built and in service for 6 months. Originally named M.V. Stena Brittanica, the ferry left Gothenberg,...
Title taken from verso. Verso: 11 persons standing clockwise. 1. Edward DeGroff, U.S. Commissioner, Sitka
2. unknown
3. Edward S. Stackploe, U.S. Commissioner, Ketchikan
4. C.C. Page, Clerk of the Court
5. H.H. Folsom,...
Verso: The man on the left is Christian Henrik Buschmann, P.T. Buschmann's oldest son and first superintendent at Petersburg cannery about 1898 or 1899. In the middle is Arne Thormodsater, storekeeper; and at right is Ludvig Larson, bookkeeper....
Title taken from verso. Studio portrait. Image: Respectfully W.R. Abercrombie, Lieut. 2d Infantry. Accompanying materials: Fort Abercrombie, Kodiak Island, named after him.
Title taken from map. Map of Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamship routes between Seattle and Skagway on the pacific northwest coast and between Vancouver and Asia. Principal Alaskan ports named are Mary Island, Ketchikan, Wrangell,...
The pipeline project received added recognition during February, when the Senior Project Manager of the Pipeline portion of the project, Frank P. Moolin, Jr., was named "Construction's Man of the Year" by Engineering News-Record magazine.
Title from image. Chief's grave. Photographer's number 460. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the Frog House...
Street scene looking northeast; storefronts, crowd near storefront named Yukon Outfitters; railroad tracks running length of street; Yukon Outfitters on left side of street; Kaufman (?) Brothers banner displayed over street, mountains in background.
Three men, wearing ceremonial dress, on porch of house unofficially referred to as Tsaa yaa ayáanásnak keet hít (Killer Whale Chasing Seal House), the design painted by a Deisheetaan artist named Káatleindein; cedar canoe on beach in front of...
Klukwan cemetery with eight grave houses, one with frog totem decorations. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the...
A large, intricately designed screen, with an oval opening behind which regalia and treasures were stored; [S’igeidí X’een (Beaver Screen) made for Took’ka Hít (Needlefish House) and S’igeidi Hít (Beaver House) of the Deisheetaan in...