Businesses in view: Juneau Billiard Co., previously Juneau Liquor Co. and later Percy's; beyond that, the Montana, another former saloon, Northern Laundry, and the new First National Bank Building; visible at the end of the street, the Seward...
Possible visitors pose in front of low tent. Stove with this type of pipe used either whale oil or wood. Previously, tents did not have stoves; they cooked outdoors. Possible identities: Person in white parka just left of dark man in middle...
Title supplied by cataloger. Unidentified man standing near tripod. Guiding or Jobs. Structure with pulley system, previously seen supporting hanging dead animals. Original format: 35mm color slide
According to a Jan. 2, 2010, e-mail from Harold Jacobs, Cultural Resource Specialist of Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, "This was probably a 'shoreboat' in Sitka. ...
Title taken from verso. View of oil drilling operation at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska at beginning of Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Also from verso: "Note the pingo at left." A pingo is a mound formed when ice expands during refreezing of sediments in a...
Title supplied by cataloger. Identified as Graveyard Cannery (or Libby's Koggiung Cannery) on the east shore of the Kvichak by Naknek resident in 2012. Previously identified as view of western Alaska village, possibly Naknek, Alaska, with storage...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Jim Felton, postmaster, and Mr. Lawrence, partner in store, standing outside building in Palmer (previously called Warton), Alaska. Sign on building reads: "Warton Post Office and general store." From verso: "May 1935. Jim Felton. Postmaster to the...
Latin. Shows northern latitudes not previously recorded on a printed map. Attributed to Claudius Ptolemaeus. From the first woodblock atlas of the Latin translation of Ptolemy's Geography. Cut by Johannes Schnitzer of Armsheim, as evidenced by...
Title taken from caption. View of the buildings of Port Chilkoot, Alaska from the Haines side of the port. Port Chilkoot was previously known as Fort William H. Seward. Photograph taken Sept. 1, 1953. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A drilling rig sends out a spray of steam during exploratory work at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. The well which discovered the huge oil field had previously been drilled but additional wells, such as...