Title taken from caption. View of a house and its front yard in Kodiak. The yard is covered in equisetum also known as horsetails. Robert F. Griggs wrote in his book The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes "Of all the native plants the the one which...
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...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Title supplied by cataloger. Vi seated in boat, holding Keith. Tim stands on a plank laid from the boat, across the mud, to shore. Boat located at Seal Slough.
Title from accompanying notes. These two men are standing in front of a fish drying rack that is located next to a seaside semi-subterranean home. The same men are pictured in UAF-2003-174-207.
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title taken from front. Picnic goers posing on a log and plank bridge, Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Taken at Seward. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." July 24, 1913. Photographer: L.N.G. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Photo caption reads "Johnny Nelson, Aron Erickson beside new diesel engine, Oct. 1939." View of two men standing beside a huge diesel engine on a plank walkway.
Title from caption. Other writing (lower left) reads "July 10, '18". Two signs above the large building's awnings read "Meyers Station" and "Post Office". Collection notes suggest that this is probably in California.
One minute, 41 second, color/sound, film clip. From title frame: "Marston Matt" steel plank runway is assembled by U.S. Army on Adak. Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title taken from caption. View of Attu showing several homes, and a wooden plank pathway in the foreground. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from accompanying notes. "[People and cabin (Livengood party, 1972); negative only, no print]" An outdoor photo of two unidentified men trying to open a bottle of wine. The man on the right, holding the bottle, wears sunglasses,...