Mrs. Arthur Hansin Eide (Koodlalook) ice fishing with child in back-carry. From verso: "First of Eide's five wives. Koodalook is fishing - 1916. Bering Straits." From original photograph: "Koodlalook enjoyed fishing. She has done very will [sic] -...
Title taken from front. View of Matanuska River, Alaska. From verso: "Near Nikta? on Matanuska River near mouth." n.d. Photographer: S. L. Co. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 3/8".
Title taken from front. View of Cascade, Barry, and Coxe Glaciers, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Photographer's number 288. n.d. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Title taken from front. Winter scene of log buildings, Seldovia, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: The Sydney Laurence Co. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Title taken from front. Summer scene with view of shoreline and buildings from water, Seldovia, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: Sydney Laurence. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Title taken from front. View of Russian Orthodox Church and buildings, Seldovia, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: Sydney Laurence. Original photograph size: 5 1/4" x 3 1/4".
Title taken from front. View of Seward, Alaska and Resurrection Bay from mountain behind town. From verso: "Seward is a town of about three years growth. It is the coast terminus of the Alaska Central R[ailwa]y. The Lowell family were the original...
Alaskan Governor Scott Bone, President Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Harding, and Herbert Hoover. Arrow on front of photo points to Bone. From verso: "Gov. of Alaska in 1925, Scott Bone. (Actually Bone with Pres. Harding, [Harding's] wife, Herbert Hoover...
Title taken from verso. Eskimo woman and child fishing for spider crab, near Nome, Alaska. From verso of original photo: "A close view of an Eskimo woman fishing for spider crabs. Her boots - the wrinkles [on the edges of her boots] are bit with...
Title taken from caption: "The first tracks Anchorage." View across Ship Creek area toward Knik Arm, showing buildings and the railroad tracks leading down to the water. Alaska Railroad. 1915. Photographer: Sydney Laurence. Original photograph...
Title taken from front. Buildings and businesses in Ship Creek area. Kootenay Inn, Murray's Lodging, Cosy Inn, Crescent Hotel, White House Restaurant. Ship Creek, Alaska later renamed Anchorage. 1915. Photographer: A. Pyatt. Original photograph...
From front: "Hospital Anchorage Alaska." The two buildings of the Alaska Railroad hospital. Each are two story log buildings. Buildings on left are on Government Hill and are housing for the new AEC employees. Hospital side in photo is facing Knik...
Title taken from caption: "Waiting for the mail Anchorage, Alaska." People waiting for the mail on the railroad tracks, Anchorage. Alaska Railroad. 1915. Photographer: A. Pyatt. Original photograph size: 3 5/8" x 5 3/4".
Title taken from caption: "Last day of lot sale Anchorage, Alaska." Scene of people facing auctioneer during sale of lots in Anchorage townsite. 1915. Photographer: Alberta Pyatt. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from caption: "After the rain Old Town Anchorage." Dirt street in Anchorage Tent City turned to mud in the rain. Businesses and buildings along the street include Two Girls Waffle House and Young American Lodging House. 1915....
Title taken from caption: "Ladies foot race Anchorage Alaska". Two of the women pictured include Florine Ramsey Isaacs and May Quinn Dehon Beattie. 1915. Original photograph size: 3 1/4 x 4 7/8 inch.
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...