Photo of what looks to be a few buildings being built as well as trees cut down and being prepared for construction of surrounding buildings. There is a group of men standing in front of what may be a pile of building...
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The Japanese serve fish raw. ...
Five young women identified as left to right: Kuzrere or Grace (Mrs. Percy Blatchford of Nome), Koot egweena, Angnohok, Oo me eeuk, Ang arolok or Bessie (Mrs. Henry Miller of Teller).
Two women identified as Nora (left) and Angnolok (right).
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the...
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Printed in two segments on one sheet. Southeastern Alaska segment oriented with north to the upper right. Shows wagon roads and trails, sleigh roads, pack trails, railroads, tramways, various government...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Eleventh Census to accompany the report on population and resources of Alaska." Oriented with north to the upper left.
115 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame, "Phillips Collection." Film shows a man servicing and refueling a Piper PA-16 airplane on skis at Phillips Field in Fairbanks, then the plane taking off. Airplane's N-number is N5776H.
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 from indexer. Photograph shows a gold field being thawed by steam pipes. It is being prepared for a gold dredge. Original size is 5.25 x 3.25 in.
(6:12 min.) (06 of 12) Lack of experience to arctic conditions Casualties due to cold--4 D-8 dozers stuck in tundra--Attu was a disaster, fiasco--Got winter supplies, shoe packs later--men stuck for 8 or 9 days --Japaneese were better equipped...
(5:26 min.) (08 of 12) More on supply transportation Poorly prepared and equipped--Pushed caterpillars (bulldozers) off the top of ridge--3 of 4 survived--built switchback down to cats--escorting an engineer company
Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper. Chart of the Pacific Coast including Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca strait, and the mouth of the Columbia River, showing tracks of Vancouver's voyage. "In which the continental shore traced and...
Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper. Chart of the Pacific Coast including Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca strait, and the mouth of the Columbia River, showing tracks of Vancouver's voyage. "In which the continental shore traced and...
Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings. Also shows Pacific routes of Capt. James Cook in 1778 and 1779, with dates showing distances covered. "Prepared by Lieut. Henry Roberts, under the immediate inspection of Capt. Cook." Falk...
(3:44 min) (06 of 19) Prepared for trip to Alaska Got information from Department of Interior and studied the possibility of moving. Saved up the money to go. Bought 1918 Model T Ford and fixed it up.
"Rifle practice at twenty below zero. Members of the 1st Scout Battalion of the Alaska National Guard on the rifle range during the Guard's Encampment at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Alaska guardsmen must be prepared to fight in all kinds of weather."
"Title taken from caption. "9256 -- (14) There were a goodly number of robust young fellows who undertook this journey to and through the valley of the Yukon in search of the royal metal fully prepared to overcome all difficulties and to get...