First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
View of workers moving the smoke stack of power house in place at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. The photo was sent to Vic Rivers from George R. Wilson. From verso: "1938. The big day when the smoke...
View of several wagons drawn by horse teams and what could be harvesting equipment. The wagon to the left has a couple of children aboard. The cancellation stamp on this postcard indicates it was sent October 3, 1915 from Valley City, North Dakota....
View of men being served food in a chow line on the deck of a ship on their way to the Matanuska Valley in southcentral Alaska. From verso: "Dinner is served. Destitute farmers from Minnesota sent by gov't. to [be] relocated in the undeveloped...
View of a bunkhouse housing construction workers at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. The photograph was sent to Vic Rivers by George R. Wilson. From verso: "1938. In the foreground was our water supply...
Two Unangax^ basket weavers with several baskets and the grass they use to make it. They are standing in front of a rounded structure (maybe a barabara?) with a window between them.
A duplicate of the photograph in UAA's Alan May papers...
Twelve USAAC Douglas B-18A bombers were sent to Elmendorf Field in 1940. Six were given to the 73rd Medium Bombardment Squadron and six to the 36th Heavy Bombardment Squadron. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, both squadrons flew coastal patrol from...
Twelve USAAC Douglas B-18A bombers were sent to Elmendorf Field in 1940. Six were given to the 73rd Medium Bombardment Squadron and six to the 36th Heavy Bombardment Squadron. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, both squadrons flew coastal patrol from...
Tlingit carver James Rudolph, of Juneau, seated among a group of totems of varying sizes. Verso: l to r: Mary (wife - of the Eagle Tribe - Shun-goo-Kay-dee Thunderbird), baby, Anna, daughter Martha, Mr. Rudolph, and daughter Elisa. Mr. Rudolph is...
Title taken from verso. View of top deck of ship crowded with farmers heading for the Matanuska Valley in southcentral Alaska. 1935. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Title taken from verso. View of hospital, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "Ethel sent us this picture. It arrived Jan. 6, 1931." 1930. Photographer: Peter Pan Photo Co., H. W. Seward, Prop. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from verso. Interior view of Maud Hausler's store/Post Office interior at McKinley Park National Park, Alaska (later Denali National Park.) The photograph was sent to Vic Rivers from George R. Wilson. From verso: "1938 Do you...