Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, photo taken at Ponto's Road House 20 miles from Valdez. This malamute dog team held the speed record between Valdez and Fairbanks - over 400 miles in a little over 4 days."
Audio file of a 45 RPM Phonographic Record of Alaska Flag Song. Total running time: 3 minutes, 49 seconds. Words by Marie Drake, music by Elinor Dusenbury. Original record issued by Royal Records, Douglas, Alaska, ca. 1940's-1950's. Visual elements...
Note from Historical Record: "The community takes great interest in all school activities. Much money is raised each year to be spent on athletics and for improving the school grounds."
A teacher's note in the Historical Record noted: "It is in a very desirable location in what will no doubt be the heart of the town if the place becomes a town."
Eight students pose along the fence outside the McCarthy School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, McCarthy "is an outfitting point for miners, hunters, trappers, and prospectors. It started as an outgrowth of the...
Longwood School enrolled 71 children in 1937; according to the Historical Record, "the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage, a home for Alaska children, supported by the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society, at present having 69 children. Note, this...
Small school, approximately 12 miles from Petersburg, with one schoolroom below and teacher's living quarters above; in 1931, 16 students were enrolled. According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "The community is composed of eight...
Three children next to Riddleford School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "This community is quite stable; its member consisting mostly of guides, trappers, fur (fox & mink) farmers, and Bureau of Public Roads men....
Teacher's quarters, attached at right, were described in the Historical Record as such: "The quarters were not used by the teacher for five or six years until 1941, when about $100 was spent making them livable; this included a new stove, new...
According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, there were no living quarters provided for the teacher; she goes on to write: "To go into a new community and rent a house; then clean it up and assemble a few necessities for housekeeping...