William Henry of Chalkyitsik with a diamond willow walking cane.The man in the photo was originally identified as "William Henry", but Rep. Woodie Salmon later (8 Nov. 2007) identified him as "Henry William".
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of an amphibious jeep with a 75mm recoiless rifle mounted on the back on parade at the 1947 Fairbanks Winter Carnival Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title taken from verso. Portrait of Fred Wildon Fickett and his wife Nellie Lord Fickett. Also from verso: "Married Sept. 12, 1886, Carmel, Maine. Originally picture made b[e]t[ween] 1916 & 1920. Same picture as in 'Ariz[ona] Daily Star' July 13,...
Photo shows a crowd running down the street toward a column of dark smoke emanating from the fire at the Star Bakery. The crowd had originally gathered to watch the 4th of July parade in downtown Anchorage; parade banners hanging over the street...
View taken from the roof of a building looking down at the crowd watching the fire at the Star Bakery in downtown Anchorage. A hose is visible on the street. The crowd had originally gathered to watch the 4th of July parade. Multiple signs are...
Fire on the 4th of July, 1940 at the Star Bakery in downtown Anchorage. Image shows a fireman using an axe to open up the roof of the wooden building; other firemen on the street haul a firehose toward the fire. A crowd of spectators is visible in...
Title taken from caption. A crewmember from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa climbs across a ladder toward a timber trestle and the dock in the deserted mining town of Latouche, site of the former Beatson mine of the Kennecott Copper...
Hunter doll made by Dolly Spencer of Homer, Alaska. Information from photo: "Dolly Spencer, Homer, originally from Shishmareff. 1977. Hunter doll "Epeelick". Outer parka - oogruck [bearded seal] gut and seal skin trim. Willow bark dyed draw string...
Title taken from verso. Interior of West High School Auditorium, Anchorage, Alaska. West High School originally built as Anchorage High School and later renamed West Anchorage High School. 1956. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph...
Title taken from front. Color view of Anchorage, Alaska, with what was later Delaney Park Strip (originally airport) at bottom and Cook Inlet in background. 1920's. Photographer: Stoddard. Original photograph size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2".
Arthur Hansin Eide standing by a portion of map of Alaska, with three pieces from the Alaska Collection, Cook Inlet Historical Society Museum, Anchorage, Alaska. Cook Inlet Historical Society Museum, which was eventually incorporated into the...
Title taken from label on matting. View of building originally built as Russian bishop's residence, office, and chapel, which later became part of Sitka National Historical Park. Sign in yard reads: "Russian mission, 1842." Original label, crossed...
Title from sleeve. Also on sleeve: 'Originally was Jack McQuestion's place. Jack was a shirttail relative of the Alaska McCutcheon clan.' Photographer's number: 1394. 2 1/4 X 3 1/4 B&W negative
Title from sleeve. Reverend Vincent Joy at Faith Hospital in Glennallen. Also on sleeve: 'Vince Joy was a missionary originally in Valdez. Moved up to Glenallen when the road went thru & later established a missionary radio station.' A man in...
1954 Roll 1.Title taken from accompanying inventory. Tlingit Indian name first reported in 1849 by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkof, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), governor of Russian America (1852, map 7) as Reka Akve or Akve River and since...
Information from note on image: N.W. corner of 3rd and Seward; originally a furniture store and then a theatre; first territorial museum and, by 1960, the State Health Department office of vital statistics
Title taken from image. Near Fifth and Main Streets; originally from the Russian vessel POLITOFSKY it was sent to the Alaska Territorial Museum in the 1920's, then to the Governor's Mansion in 1929 and later when Calhoun Avenue was widened, it was...
Originally published in Barron's National Financial Weekly, v. III, no. 32, Aug. 6, 1923; the author questions why Alaska's population and industry had not grown in proportion to its vast resources