Written on photo: "[Illegible word] done on moose hide and presented to the lodge on dedication of hall, Jan. 1, '15 by Mrs. [Illegible name]. Moose hide decoration has a drawing of a moose and around his head are the...
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
"U.S. Senator from Alaska Bob Bartlett and Governor Wm. Egan pose together on the occasion of Bartlett's formal presentation to the State of the first 49-star flag to fly above the west front of the U. S. Capitol. The Senator holds a certification...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Weeks Field. A grandstand is next to the hangar. Verso, written by Noel Wien at a later date: 1930 Weeks Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The old Fairbanks Airplane Co. Hanger in upper left hand corner,...
Title taken from back of photo. HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Fleet Demolished -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages during the tidal wave that swept coastal Alaskan communities shortly...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- 200 yards inland -- Heavily damaged and left high and dry is a modified WWII landing barge, which was used to haul freight in the Seward, Alaska, area. Although the...
Fishing boats and pleasure boats line the docks of Harris Harbor on Gastineau Channel; the AEGIR and the GERTRUDE are in foreground; Douglas Island and mountains in background
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...