From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Title taken from verso. Full title on verso reads, "First silo in Fairbanks district perhaps in all Alaska, built by J. F. Hielscher, fall of 1905. Lumber cut and matched by Noyes' Mill = Tanana Lumber Co. Iron bands by Barrack Blacksmith...
Relief shown pictorially. "Per livinum algoet auctorem Gerardus de Lode excudebat." "Ioannes a Duetecu Lucas a Duetecu fecerunt." Includes numerous small illustrations of ships and sea creatures. Latin text on verso: Svetia, Gothia et...
Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary maps in upper corners and lower left corner: Frisland Insula -- Farre insule [Feroe Islands] -- Scetland Insulae [Shetland Islands]. Shows arctic regions in which oceans flow into a polar sea through streams...
Title from caption. Photograph of two wagons hauling bags of wheat to the grain elevator. Narrative in photo album read: "At right: Hauling bags of wheat to the company elevator in town, four horses are used. This is a dry farming area in...
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Barging
Martha; working close to the land; barge; waves; advice for young people; hovercraft; year round; 75 tons; 30 miles per hour; follows the river; demand; fuel; propane; airlines; schedules; develops better...
Full note reads: "1949 08 Seine fishing for Chum salmon on the Kobuk River. This fish was dried on rocks for the winter food for the sled dogs. It was the mainstay for these animals and was heated and fed twice...
(5:24 min.) (16 of 20) AK steam and NC co easy targets for dislike/canneries--accused of too high rates--NC co accused of too high prices--Alaska steam charged a tariff rate/charters charged per day--many ports would not make a profit each...
Hand colored. Includes illustrative cartouche and scale bars, as well as a coat of arms and dedication to Guilielmo Backer de Corneliis by Joh. Blaeu. Originally created in 1638 for the Theatrum orbis terrarum, dedication added in 1642. May be...
Title taken from caption. "11528 -- (10) The cost of constructing cabins in the Klondike during the latter part of 1897 was considerable. Logs were selling at $50 apiece, and wages were from $15 to $20 per day. An ordinary one-room cabin...