Title taken from front. A winter view of the snow-covered Methodist church in Seward, Alaska. Smaller building to the right is possibly the old tent church. 1906? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original photograph size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2".
Title taken from front. Large group gathers for the "Old Timers Dance" in Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "Sexton." 1912. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Winter view of waterfront buildings in Seward, Alaska, including Al Dickinson's steam laundry in the old power house building (center). 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5".
Title taken from caption on postcard. Postcard of the 49 star flag. Postcard may have been printed by the Pan American Airways since the jet visible above the flag is a Pan American jet.
Depths shown by soundings. Shows Portage Bay in Frederick Sound. Includes location of "staraia kriepost' Kolosh" [old fortress of the Tlingit]. Signed with annotations by George Davidson, numbered 154. Appears to be a map of Portage Bay on the...
4 maps on one sheet. Relief shown pictorially. With: A map of the Islands of Farro or Farro according to Jacobson Debes -- A draught of the whirlpool on the south east of Sumbo Rocks with the soundings -- An improved map of Iceland. Outline...
A group of people gathered in someone's home, possibly. Eight women and two men have gathered. One lady in the front right looks to be knitting. There is an old stove, oven or furnace to the far right of the picture.
"Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Norwood on the Glacier Queen at Skagway, Alaska on my return jaunt to my old stamping ground in August, 1962. Mrs Norwood is wearing one of the beaded jackets, along with other native made articles donated to the University...
Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
Photograph of a school teacher in a U. S. Government School at Cape Prince of Wales. Visible are several Native students at their desks, a blackboard with math problems and the date May 6th, 1902, an American flag and presidential portraits are on...
A whale boat captain is seated on a snow bank, behind him is a pole with items hanging from it like chains, a pot, and next to him is another pot and a mitten. The captain is wearing a rain parka made of gut and rain boots, he has a labret in in...
Woman with a fire nearby boiling a liquid in a pot.
Caption: An old woman burns the shavings from the new paddles. She throws the ashes over the path of the whale boat as it is taken to open water. This is to scare away evil spirits....
View of the Kodiak waterfront in the late 19th century. Three of the buildings have been identified as: a warehouse, behind the large sailing vessel with its sails furled; the Custom House, above the warehouse between the far right masts; and the...