Title taken from verso. A long line of people are seen coming up the hill, during an event that appears to be ceremonial. Each is holding firewood. A church is visible to the right. [Place identified as Anvik by comparison with...
Title from caption. Caption states that this game took place at the second annual Fairbanks Ice Carnival, and that Fairbanks won the game. One player is identified as Gordy Picotte.
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.
View of damage to buildings on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Street sign near center reads 4th Av. Sign on damaged building on left reads, partially, McLain's Camera Photo Supplies Complete Camera A Nice...
Title taken from caption. View of grass sprouting in the tracks left by a bear in the soft mud. The grass seed would blow across the smooth surface of the mud and only find a place to take root in the indentations of the bear tracks. Photo taken at...
United States atlas: maps and charts accompanying the case and counter case of the United States, by the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.
Title taken from caption. View of an excavated fire place at the dig site on Kodiak. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
57 second film clip, black & white/silent. Clip shows an Alaska Freight Express barge. Two crewmen open the cargo door and move a small ramp into place. The camera pans down different holds.
Title taken from front. View of the exterior of the Alaska Railroad Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. From verso: "The Alaska Railroad Hospital. Bonnie's place of birth and where nursing career began". Photographer's number B-3. Original photograph...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Ms., ink on paper. Includes place names in Aleut. Oriented with north to the upper right. Annotation on verso: Amlia Island, easterly one of the Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands.
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,...