Title taken from caption. "P.A.P. Fairbanks, Alaska." A sign indicates that this is the "Nordale Cafe and Lunch Counter", perhaps a part of the Nordale Hotel.
The room is furnished with a small book case. A portrait of a child sits on top of the shelf, as does a clock and what looks like decorative pottery or perhaps a basket. A high round table stands in the center of the room; a vase is placed as its...
The room is furnished with a small book case; a portrait of a child sits on top of the shelf along with a clock and what looks like decorative pottery or perhaps a basket. A high round table stands in the center of the room with a vase as its...
Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Equipment left at McGonagall Pass by Bradford Washburn in the 1940s. He's perhaps the world's foremost expert on Mt. McKinley, and was a member of the 3rd expedition to...
Cataloguer's note: A glimpse of life in the sub-arctic -- One of the many creative ways of using man's best friend. This photograph shows how dogs (that look like pets), were used as beasts of burden. The picture looks as if it came from the...
Title taken from caption. Photographer number D5 Cataloguer's note: A row of small boats are seen at the river's edge. A group of people are gathered in front of a tent up ahead; perhaps planning their fishing trip.
Title taken from caption. Photographer number C33. Cataloguer's note: In the background, a view of a waterfront including a sternwheeler; in the foreground, a group of Native men, women and children are seen in a boat. A man is crouching by...
Title by the Catalogue. A full length photograph of a young boy wearing a knee-length suit, perhaps velvet, with large white buttons, a wide white collar, and white and black stripped stockings with spats around the ankles. The boy is also...
Title by cataloguer. This is a shoulder-length portrait of a middle aged women and a small boy, perhaps her grandson, sitting on her lap. He is dressed in a white blouse and white breeches with garters; she is in a pleated blouse with a...
Title by cataloguer. A half length portrait of a boy and a girl, perhaps siblings. The boy is wearing a light tweed jacket, a white shirt and a small dark bow tie. The girl standing next to him is dressed in a simple print dress and a fancy...
Title by cataloguer. A group of girls, perhaps a choir, are standing in a semi-circle, as though on a stage. An upright piano stands directly behind the performers. In the center, in front of the girls, a man is sitting on the ground. The...
Title taken from caption. "Mail and freight on the Valdez summit Fairbanks-Valdez trail." Copyright by A.J. Johnson. Publsihed by Johnson and Hall's Book Store. Cataloguer's note: This is a picturesque view of the mountains in the distance...
Title by cataloguer. A three-quarter length portrait of a middle aged man sitting on a large, wooden chair with elaborate carvings, and a women of similar age who is standing beside him. Her hand which is resting casually on his shoulder,...
Title by cataloguer. A half-length portrait of an elderly couple; both are wearing glasses and are dressed in dark outfits. A strong resemblance can be detected between the two, perhaps more to do with their mannerism than their physical...
Title taken from sign on building. Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a group of travelers on their sleighs, perhaps during a rest stop at the Wortman's Roadhouse.
Title by Cataloguer. Children dressed in fur coats and scarfs. The child on the left is also wearing a sash across her chest, perhaps a baby belt in which she is carrying a doll or small child. The children are standing in front of stacked...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: This is the last of thirteen sequential snap shots of the demolishing of a water tower. The water tower, which appears massive relative to the building next to it, is securely down on its side. One...