A woman carrying a child on her back. The inscription "Chief David" is written on a plank above the entrance of the log house. She is dressed in a checkered dress, a short cloak and knee high boots. Her hair is pulled back; she is smiling as though...
Close up view of beacon on rooftop of Cape Spencer Light Station in southeast Alaska. From verso: "Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress negative) Jet Lowe, Photographer." Photographer: Jet Lowe. Original photograph size: 7" x...
Close up view of outbuilding and base of crane at Cape Spencer Light Station in southeast Alaska. Writing on building reads: "Restored to full ops by the Ketchikan Ind. A Team [?] Conklin 6-19-89." From verso: "Historic American Engineering Record...
Cyanotype photograph of a tent camp on a beach, possibly the camp of the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition, or Expedition No. 3, at either Ladd's Station or Knik Station. A tent, several buildings and downed trees dot the landscape, as well...
Cyanotype view of the tent encampment of the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition, also known as Expedition No. 3, at Ladd's Station in the summer of 1898. Photograph taken during the expedition by an unidentified photographer.
Description from verso: This picture taken on June 8, 1978 in the Senate Chambers is a remembrance of the retirement from the legislature of the Dean of the Senate, Senator John Butrovich.The photograph includes a history of the Alaska Senate...
Group of men (John Moore, Richard O. Amundsen, Almer J. Peterson, and unidentified man) standing next to airplane in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Alaska. Left to right: John Moore, pilot. R.O. Amundson [sic], co-pilot. A.J....
Interior view of a DC-3 loaded with approximately 200 pigs being transported to Anchorage, Alaska as part of the first commercial shipment of livestock to Anchorage directly from another country. From caption in newspaper article: "These little...
People sift through the smoldering remains of the 1905 fire in Nome. The word Goetze appears in the lower right corner of the photograph and may be the photographer.
Photograph of George M. Woods, a civilian lineman who worked with the WAMCATS construction parties during the 1910-1913 seasons. A hand written note on the album notes him as the construction photographer. Also visible are the telegraph wire and...
Some of the military personnel involved in either the Yukon rescue effort or the latter examination of the wreckage near Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Glacier Photo Service, Seward Alaska, G. McCreary, photographer." 1946. Photographer: G. McCreary....
This color photograph depicts Harold and Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy at their homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The photograph was taken circa 1975 by an unidentified photographer. Harold holds a pitchfork, wears...
This color slide depicts an Alaska Native man in a kayak in the ocean near either Kotzebue or Barrow, Alaska in 1962. He is wearing a coat with a fur-trimmed hood, holding a paddle, and waving at the photographer. The photographer is unidentified.
This color slide shows an aerial view of the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in College, Alaska in 1962, showing its buildings and roads. It was taken from an airplane by an unidentified photographer. The airplane wing is visible in...
This color snapshot depicts an unidentified boy standing in a wooden skiff on the water, likely near Harold and Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy's homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The boy wears a sailor's hat and holds...
This color snapshot depicts Harold and his wife Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy working in their sawmill at their homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The photograph was taken circa 1973-1976 by an unidentified...