Family photograph of John Minook, his family and home. Identifications made by Robert E. King, cousin to Sally's husband Samuel Heeter, with the data Alfred Mayo's last surviving child, Mrs. Antoinette (Mayo) Roberts Woods of Rampart & Fairbanks,...
Title from caption. Photograph of a dog named Calamity Jane. Narrative in photo album reads: "In the lower corner is Mr. Shultz' pet and companion, 'Calamity Jane.' She was a husky and he raised her on a bottle. She fussed so much that he...
Title from caption. Photograph shows an electrically operated saw mill. It is raised up on pilings with a wooden sidewalk in front of it. A man is standing in front of it near a cart carrying with lumber. Caption also reads: "No. 59. A. J....
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. Photograph of Arthur Pitka holding a rifle and a pair of snowshoes. A lynx is hung from the cabin roof at the far left. Indexer's note: Sally Hudson added further information in February of 1989. She wrote that she grew up...
Photograph of Mary Cox. She is holding a pole but it is not clear what she is doing. There is a boat on a raised platform in the distant background. There is no snow on the ground and she is wearing saddle shoes with her parka.
Title from donor notes. Sarah Kingik is standing in front of a wooden building; a tent and an umiak or a boat stored on a raised platform can be seen in the background.
(2:37 min.) (01 of 12) Ada's Background and Statehood Nome -- born; education -- Nome; Boston Tea Party -- learned in fourth grade; "taxation without representation"; Statehood; married -- aviation in Alaska; three children -- raised;...
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
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...
(4:14 min.) (07 of 08) 7. Population dislocation. Average person in Anchorage has lived here less than five years, only came to take advantage of the money, and plans to retire elsewhere. The less educated people raised in rural Alaska...
(3:00 min.) (04 of 09) 4. Statehood issues Taxes need to be fair and equal. Money should not be raised except to fund services for the state. Church and State need to be kept separate.
Title from verso. Full verso reads: "Starr, Hull raised aft, House lengthened, Galley stack led into main stack plus other changes. The scene is possibly Seattle, since the photographers appear to be base there.
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from caption. "A homestead near Palmer, on the Matanuska Branch of the Government Railroad. The many sacks noted in the distance contain the harvested potato crop. The oats in the foreground have been partly cut. The farmers in...
Title by cataloguer. The Seal is seen lying down on a patch of grass with a raised head, and looking straight ahead. His thick black fur glisens in the distance.
The Northern fur seal can spend up to 22 months in the sea, and ocean....
Title by indexer. This is a half-length black and white portrait photograph of Morris Thompson (1939-2000). Thompson an Athabascan was born and raised in the Yukon River village of Tanana. A well respected leader, he had served his community in...