Photo montage of three photographs showing contestants in footraces during 4th of July celebrations in Ruby, Alaska. Text on top photo reads: "Start needle & thread race. Ruby, Alaska. July 4, 1917." Text on middle photo reads: "Three-legged race....
Cyanotype photograph of a man standing inside a tent and underneath a sign that reads: "Lash's Kidney & Liver Bitters". The photograph was taken in April 1898, possibly at Valdez, during the Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition, led by Edwin F. Glenn...
View of flooded street in Nome, Alaska, with man standing near boat at left. Rope stretches across street in foreground. One sign on building reads: "Laundry & bath." From verso: "Nome Scene - Alaska." ca. 1902. Photographer: B.B. Dobbs.
Dog standing in front of two buildings covered in snow on Front Street in Nome, Alaska. Shadow of person is visible in lower right. Sign on second building reads: "Storage Sesnon & Sutherland." From verso: "Snow on Front St. Nome, Alaska." ca....
Caption reads: "'Nigger Head and Vsevidof from across the entrance to the harbor." The hill to the left in front of the volcano is the geographical feature now known as High Hill on Umnak Island along Nikolski Bay. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Title taken from front. View of building and WAMCATS (Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System) telegraph tower at Fort Gibbon, Alaska. Handwritten inscription on verso reads: "Dear Ann & family, We leave today for San Francisco. Love...
Title taken from front. View of men with loaded pack animals, Skagway, Alaska, with spectators gathered along street. Banner across street reads: "O'Brien & Hinkle Packers & Forwarders." Photographer's number 34. 1898. Original photograph size: 4...
Title taken from verso. View of boy standing outside United States Customs station on Alaska Highway at Tok, Alaska. Signs on building reads: "All vehicles & persons stop. Checking station. Keep right." and "U.S. Customs." Early 1960's....
View of street in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, with parked vehicles and pedestrians crossing streets. Businesses shown include: Bank of Montreal, Burns, Taylor & Drury Department Store. Sign on log building (train station) in far background reads:...
Title taken from verso. View of Snow White Laundry and Cleaners (later called Snow White Cleaners & Laundry) on I Street in Anchorage, Alaska, with cars parked at right. Sign on front of building reads: "Snow White Laundry & Cleaners." Sept. 30,...
Title taken from verso. View of car lot in winter. Also on photo: "Eve's town shots, Aug. '48 & '49." Sign reads: Chet's Realty, office 810-4th, main 704, Chet's Used Cars. 4x5 contact print, 4x5 neg
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from caption. Photograph of Benny & Edith Moore seated on a bench in Tacoma. Caption reads: "My son & eldest daughter Benny & Edith at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma. Aug 2 1905."
Title from image. Photograph of the Saw Tooth Mountains and the tracks of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. Title reads: "Saw Tooth Mts. from tunnel WP&YR" Photographers No. 749." Caption reads: "Short distance from SKaguay, Al."
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
Title taken from caption. Army Sergeant Andy Helm on telephone in his office in Anchorage, Alaska, with posters advertising Valentines Day dance to be held at Kashim Club (11th Air Force Club at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska). Poster in...
View of parade (probably in celebration of July 4th) on Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with crowds lining street and watching from rooftops as float goes by. United States flag and Alaska flag fly on float. Signs on building at left...