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...
"Henry Marks, married Etta G. (Goldstein) in 1893. Costumes of both the 1893 period." [The library has digitized a duplicate copy of this photograph to include the original frame.]
African-American soldiers stand at attention on the Klondike Company's wharf in Dyea. Note from Karl Gurcke: They were (in Dyea) for a brief period of time (July 1899) before they were burned out by a forest fire and had to move to Skagway.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Lambert, Theodore R. (artist). Size: 15.5 x 19.5 in. Medium: Oil on canvas Yup'ik Eskimo grave markers on the bank of the Kuskokwim River include items of the deceased, including a rifle. Grenold Collins was a long time friend of the artist and,...
Photo caption: Dr. Richard C. Murphy, Director of Greater Anchorage Health District - Dr. Robert Wilkins, President of Anchorage Medical Society - Mr. Jack MacCahill, Program Director of Radio Station KFQD, Anch. Occasion: Presentation...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.