Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "P. 5 OIL. 1 1/2 col x 18 PICA. "Chena Flow---." Close-up of a portion of the 100-foot long model of a 3-mile segment of the Chena River. Tinted water carrying strips of colored paper is passed down the...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Close-up of a portion of the 100-foot long model of a 3-mile segment of the Chena River. Tinted water carrying strips of colored paper is passed down the trough (river bed). Photos of the movement show how the...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of the village of Wrangell with the wharf prominant. Visible are two advertisements: one for merchandise and the other a cure for head aches. Narrative in album states that: "Wrangel was our first Alaskan city, as...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from image. Photograph of Multnomah Falls, claiming it is a 620 foot drop. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two of many such falls along the Columbia River Highway. The bridge on the left (94-70-955) carries the highway; but on the...
Title from image. Photograph of Wahkeena Falls. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two of many such falls along the Columbia River Highway. The bridge on the left (94-70-955) carries the highway; but on the right (94-70-954) that bridge just...
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
Title from caption. Men, equipment and supplies land on the beach of one of the islands in the Andreanof Island group in the Aleutian Islands. Caption reads: "U. S. Army Troops occupy Andreanof Island group on Aleutians, only 125 miles...
Title from verso. Photograph of a tank driving across the snow. Verso reads: "U. S. tanks in Aleutians. The snow-covered ground at an advanced U.S. base in the Aleutians proved no obstacle for one of our light tanks stationed there. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of a downed Japanese warplane with a group of people analyzing the wreckage. Verso reads: "Jap [ Japanese ] plane down in the Aleutians. Aleutians Islands -- This Jap [ Japanese ] warplane is shown after it...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of an American mop-up squad clearing a Japanese gun emplacement. Verso reads: "Moving forward cautiously, the American mop-up squad examines this Jap [ Japanese ] dougout [sic] with makeshift, tent-like...
Title from verso. Photograph of a camp during the advance across Attu Island. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay." "Attu Island--When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers clearing a Japanese gun emplacement. Verso reads: "Attu -- Guns in hand, a mop-up squad moves in to clean up this Jap [ Japanese ] gun emplacement on the west arm of Holtz Bay. The two Japs [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...
(3:53 min.) (05 of 12) Experiences working towards Statehood; Senate of the United States; arguments for and against Statehood; Statehood Bill passed -- June 30th, 8 pm 1958; American -- Alaskan; worked towards Statehood -- no blood shed;...
(9:56 min.) (06 of 09)
River conditions
villages; Galena; Fairbanks; hauled horses; north slope; big wheels; Yukon River bridge; couldn't get passed rapids; pushed it over; Lyndon transport; rapids downstream; fast; Rampart; advertising; Bush...