Title taken from sign in photo. Woman sits under sign advertising "Date Nite" at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with men on either side offering her cigarettes (left) and beverages (right). Also from sign in photo: "Every Sat[urday] night,...
View of downtown Anchorage, Alaska, looking east toward 4th Avenue and H Street. Businesses shown include Piggly Wiggly Market, The Club, O.K. Cleaners, 1st National Bank, Merchant's Cafe, South Seas Nite Club, and Carol's Dress Shop. 1947....
View of two men standing next to the tail of a plane. Sign on plane reads: "Magnuson's 'Fly by Nite' - Air Taxi - Registered Guides. McGrath, Alaska." From front: "1960." Based on other photos in series, this photo was most likely taken at McGrath,...
Title taken from verso. Lorene Harrison and piano player surrounded by service men singing from sheet music at "Sunday Nite Sing-a-long" at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "BMP-14. Signal Corps U.S. Army, official photograph."...
View of the South Seas bar and dance room from across the street. The building has a thatched roof and decorative Tapa cloth panels on the exterior. The name of the bar, "South Seas" is written on the door. A woman pedestrian walks past the...
Interior shot of the South Seas bar & dance room. The roof is thatched with bamboo or cane strips and supported by bamboo poles; a tapa cloth panel is partially visible. Cane tables and chairs fill the room. A large mural showing monkeys on...
Interior shot of the South Seas bar and dance room, Anchorage. A thatched roof supported by bamboo poles hangs over the bar giving the feeling of being in a grass hut. Cane barstools and chairs continue the South Pacific theme. Original photograph...
Interior shot showing the dance floor at the South Seas bar & dance room, Anchorage. The dance floor is surrounded by a raised mezzanine floor filled with cane tables and chairs. Two palm trees are on either side of the entrance to the dance floor....
Title taken from verso. Fourth Avenue at G Street, looking east with Chugach Mountains in distance. Cars, buses, and pedestrians in street. Anchorage, 1940's. 4x3 contact print, 4x3 neg
Title supplied by cataloger. Woman carrying groceries walking down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, June, 1945. Lamppost and cars along street. Federal building and stores in background. 4x3 contact print, 4x3 neg
Title supplied by cataloger. Winter street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking east toward the Chugach Mountains. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk underneath signs for Flowers and Music Shop. Cars on street and along curb. 4x3 contact print,...
Title taken from caption. View of 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with a musher and his team of sleddogs in the foreground. The street is barricaded for one of the dogsledding events held during the Fur Rendezvous. Signs read: "Bert's...
Title taken from caption. Group of women and men sitting at desks in school classroom in Anchorage, Alaska. Polly Petty (third from left) and Beverley Pettyjohn (fourth from left) are in front row. Two men in far left and far right background are...
Title taken from verso. Lorene Harrison, holding magazines and papers, stands in doorway of USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, for "Sunday Nite Sing-a-long. Also from verso: "BMP-12. Signal Corps U.S. Army, official photograph." Printing on one...
Title taken from label on matting. View of buildings in Nome, Alaska, including Chinese restaurant, cleaners, and dance hall. Signs read: "Restraunt [sic]. Chopsueynoodls [sic]" ("n's" and third "s" in sign are backward), "Cleninghats [sic] Suits,"...
Title from sleeve. Doctor in white coat holds young patient's wrist and looks at watch. Patient lies in hospital bed with no pillow. Taken at Kotzebue Hospital. Photographer's number 11403. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Caption: Young brown bear had got away from soldiers. This captian was trying to hook his colar(sic). The bear finally scramed down the pole past him. It was nite (sic) and we were holding flashlights on scene. I was at the camp buying pictures....
Caption: Young brown bear had got away from soldiers. This captian was trying to hook his colar(sic). The bear finally scramed down the pole past him. It was nite (sic) and we were holding flashlights on scene. I was at the camp buying pictures....