Title from verso. Image shows a young woman seated by gold mining equipment and holding a pan full of gold nuggets, smiling. Behind her a pile of tailings is visible and next to her appears to be a sluice box. Photo may have been taken...
Title from verso. Two men using a sawhorse to hand-mill lumber. One man is standing on top of the saw horse. The men are standing in a clearing near a forest with snow-capped mountains in the background. Photo may have been taken by...
[Mg] Simon Bolivar Buckner, was commanding general of the Alaska Defense Command when war broke out at air base headquarters on Amchitka Island in May 1944. General Buckner first commanded the Alaska Defense Command as a colonel in July 1940. That...
Title from verso. Image shows salmon drying on a fish rack along a river bank. Part of a smoke house is also visible up the bank on the right side of the image. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries...
Title from verso. Image show the Public Library, First Avenue and Cowles Street, Fairbanks. Flower boxes on the porch, a wooden boardwalk in front of the building and a small birch tree are also visible. Photo may have been taken by...
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 verso. Image shows a large garden at a fish camp along the Tanana River. The garden contains several rows of leafy plants. A man in a hat can be seen standing at the edge of the river bank slightly to the left of the center of the...
Title from verso. Image shows a flower path leading to a house that has been constructed of hand-hewn logs and lumber. Wooden boards form a boardwalk between the two rows of flowers on the path. Nasturtiums and other flowers are shown climbing...
Title from verso. Image shows several dozen fox pelts hung on a fence in front of a building. Buildings are assocaited with the Kayak Island Fox Ranch. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries game...
Title from verso. Image shows a woman standing in a garden. Next to her on the right side of the image is a wire fence. On the left side of the image a house is visible. Several plants, flowers, and a large tree are visible. Photo may...
Title from verso. Image shows a woman standing in a large garden holding her hands up. A leafy plant that looks like rhubarb is in the foreground and a plant that looks like flowering potatoes is visible on the right side of the image. A...
Title from verso. View of a large garden. Portions of wooden building and a fence can be seen in the background. Heilig probably refers to Albert R. Heilig, former judge in Fairbanks, and former clerk of District Court Judge James Wickersham...
Title from verso. View of car races at a 4th of July celebration in Fairbanks in 1917. Formally dressed men and women are sitting on bleachers behind the racing track. Several of the women are holding parasols. Photo may have been taken...
Title from verso. Image shows a fox farm next to a beach. Several small houses are visible within the enclosure. Sand covers the floor of the cages, and driftwood can be seen along the shore. Spruce trees also border the enclosure. ...
Title from verso. Image shows a Native man, woman and two young boys, seated near houses built of sod and wooden planking. They are dressed in European clothing. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries...
Title from verso. "Ketchikan Sikorsky S-38. [on envelope photograph was in - ran S-32 between [Seattle and Juneau] Baird's Co. promoted the airplane, ran it most [in] 1936 Summer. See L. Nash _____(?). Bill Stratton, std oil was head. King...
Title from verso. View of dog team heading down a snowy street in winter. Several cabins, houses, buildings and a Catholic church are visible. Power lines on both sides of the street are also visible. Photo may have been taken by Calvin...
Title from verso. Image shows a street scene in Fairbanks. In the center of the image are seventeen dogs harnessed to a sled. A man wearing a suit is sitting in the sled and the dogsled driver is standing behind it. A long row of cabins and...
Title from verso. Image of Masonic Temple, on First Avenue, built by the Tanana Commercial Company in 1906 and remodeled by the Freemasons in 1916. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries game warden...
Title from verso. View of a large assembly of automobiles, identified as mostly Fords, parked in a grassy field. Appear to be predominantly Ford Model Ts. Men in suits and hats can be seen standing between the cars. Hills are visible in the...