Title from verso. Photograph of a .105-mm artillery piece and a crew serving it. Verso reads: "This 105-mm gun and its crew poured more than 2000 rounds of shells into Jap [ Japanese ] positions in the course of four days battling at...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "The American Legion Hall at Glennallen (post 27) was used for the first [time] on Good Friday, as the Emergency shelter for the citizens of Valdez, and used as one of the three mess halls...
[Archimandrite Theodosius performing (also termed "serving" in Eastern Orthodox tradition) a wedding. Description courtesy of Father Michael Spainhoward, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Juneau, AK.]
Formal studio portrait of Eileen MacLean, a Democrat from Barrow; she was a teacher and a politician, serving with the Arctic Slope Regional Corp., the Utkeagvik Inupiat Corp., and the North Slope Borough Assembly
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
Snow piled up high in middle of street between many commercial establishments, including Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Douglas Pool Room, Grand Restaurant, Douglas News Depo, and a place serving "Olympia Beer on Draught; people stand next to...
Snow piled up high in middle of street between many commercial establishments, including Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Douglas Pool Room, Grand Restaurant, Douglas News Depo, and a place serving "Olympia Beer on Draught; people stand next to...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Necessity transformed countless obstacles to stepping stones. A jaunting car constructed on the trail serving transportation needs." A family's...
Title from color postcard caption Text on verso: "An Alaska Coastal Amphibian leaves Ketchikan on a scheduled flight in Southeast Alaska. Coastal [Airlines] operates throughout the entire panhandle area, serving airports and seaports as well...
From verso: "Serving the Prince William Sound area, the ferry M/V CHILKAT carries 59 passengers and 15 vehicles on its scheduled run between Valdez and Cordova."
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Capt. Alb. Jackman, A.G.F., 1942 Army Test Expedition." The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Seventeen men were selected from various military...
Title from verso. "Clyde Armistead serving his Sikorsky flying boat. From a Noel Ross negative." A man is seen pouring something into the aircraft. Inscription on the side of the plane reads: Agent for [Exploration] Erskine. (May be Clyde G....
Title taken from caption. According to May, Father Kochergin was one of only two Aleut (Unangan) priests serving the Russian Orthodox Church. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
This photograph depicts Harold Pomeroy leading a donkey with the sign "Sales Tax" hanging from its saddle in a parade. he is wearing a sign that says "Taxman" and is walking in front of a motel with the sign "Wye Motel" hanging out front. There...