Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
The accession number (identifier) of this image was changed on 2007/05/14 from UAF-1989-210-1. It had been erroneously identified as part of "Sigismund Levanevsky Photograph Collection" and...
Dr. Cook sits with his back against what may be a canoe, a pump action firearm leans against the canoe. A fire recently burned one of the trees near Dr. Cook.
Photograph shows metal roofed log cabin with windows and a small log addition with what appears to be rolled roofing. A stove chimney stack can be seen to the far left on the cabin and a portion of another building...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of a recently constructed birch-bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads: "After the sewing, all seams are covered with a mixture of pitch, gathered from the trees, cooked with grease. This hardens but is...
Title from verso. Photograph of B-24's in flight over the Aleutians. Verso reads: "Aleutians -- On their way to bomb Japanese outposts on the Island of Kiska, these U.S. Army B-24 Liberator Bombers wing to the west from their base. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of bombs falling on Kiska Island and Japanese military positions. Verso reads: "Aleutian Islands -- A long line of heavy bombs drop toward their target -- Jap [ Japanese ] installations on Kiska Island -- in...
Title from verso. Photograph of a young woman from Savoonga. The photo has been marked for cropping. Verso reads: "Seattle, Wash. -- The Coast Guard Cutter, Northwind, "battle-scarred" veteran of polar region expeditions, recently...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Story examining the recently allowed use of cameras in Alaska courtrooms. Eric Eckholm reporting. Images include Justice Connor, opponent of camera use, interview with Art Snowden, Court Director,...
10 min, 2 sec film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks long-time staffer Marie [Matsuno] Nash, who recently retired as director of Stevens's...
Two minute, 4 second film clip, black & white/silent, of life in Anchorage, 1915-1917. Clip is in a film newsreel format and shows Anchorage street scenes, the 3 in 1 Laundry, a pie eating contest, some Anchorage houses, the Alaska Labor Union of...
Title taken from caption. "Smiths Ice Cream, Fairbanks." It is not clear what is happening here but it appears to involve ice cutting. According to an e-mail dated 13 January 2012 from Pat Fitzgerald, this may be the operation of...
A group of people are standing on the Bridge. In the foreground a man seems to be surveying or filming the scene. All are facing the camera, large flags are waving in the background. Possibly this is the opening of the recently completed steel...
Title taken from caption. "9358 -- (36) We frequently see published statements to the effect that the aborigines are rapidly disappearing, but the scene here depicted contradicts such an assertion. The eleven youthful Esquimaux who make up the...
Verso: Thomas Moffitt, Matanuska Vally dairy farmer, left, becomes Alaska's first borrower as the Federal Land Bank of Spokane inaugurates its credit service in the 49th state. Here Moffitt receives the bank's draft from J. J. Hurley of Palmer,...
Verso: Thomas Moffitt, Matanuska Vally dairy farmer, left, becomes Alaska's first borrower as the Federal Land Bank of Spokane inaugurates its credit service in the 49th state. The Whatcom County, Wash., land bank association has recently amended...
Verso: Thomas Moffitt, Matanuska Valley dairy farmer, left, becomes Alaska's first borrower as the Federal Land Bank of Spokane inaugurates its credit service in the 49th state. Here Moffitt receives the bank's draft from J. J. Hurley of Palmer,...
A close-up shot of a bridge under construction. The numerous fallen trees, and scattered logs and wood chips suggest perhaps that this area was recently cleared and work is still in progress. Also in view are the stream under the bridge, and the...