Title taken from caption: "Sayre taking soil sample on Katmai ash flat." View of National Geographic expedition member Jasper Dean Sayre using small torch and knife to take soil samples. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National...
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,...
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 taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Aerial view of west end of Park Strip between 9th and 10th Avenues during soils study drilling after March 27, 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, Alaska. From verso: "Anchorage - shows soils study drilling - left - Bootlegger Cove. Property of the Cook...
Title taken from verso. Five men examining cracks in soil in Turnagain area, Anchorage, Alaska, after March 27, 1964 earthquake. Also from verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number 644. Summer 1964. Photographer:...
Title taken from front. View of soil near Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction camp unearthed during railroad construction near Moose Creek, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. From front: "A.E.C. G58." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. Group of men standing in trench showing depth of soil near Chickaloon Branch, Alaska Engineering Commission Railway, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G990." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from verso. View of helicopter moving soil drilling crew and equipment at Chandalar Shelf in Interior Alaska, in preparation for Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. Aug. 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8"...
Title taken from verso. View of men with soil coring machinery drilling for samples in permafrost tundra at Chandalar Bench, Alaska, in preparation for Trans-Alaska pipeline construction, with helicopter in right background. Aug. 1970....
Title from verso. Verso reads: "South borrow pit, site of a possible future irregularly shaped recreation lake. Verso also stamped with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers logo and the date Sept. 1974. Photo is taken from a fixed-wing...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "Along the contractor's access road west of the damsite are several clearings where trees that had to be disposed of were buried and the soil placed on top of them was seeded. Grassy areas appealing to...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of students turning soil for a new garden. Narrative in photo album reads: "Part of my school and myself, breaking up new ground for our school garden. This was part of the regular school work and was done...
Shows existing and ancient village sites, soil types, and trails. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. "Compiled from data secured by Otto Wm. Geist and information obtained from St. Lawrence Island Eskimos during the Bunnell-Geist...
Title from image. Photograph of a Hydraulic operation near Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album read: "Pictures at the top show two views of hydraulic mining. Water is driven under terrific pressure and tears away soil, gravel & stones...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Hydraulic operation near Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album read: "Pictures at the top show two views of hydraulic mining. Water is driven under terrific pressure and tears away soil, gravel & stones...
Title from verso. Photograph of two men carrying equipment. Verso reads: "A tent pole makes a handy "hauler" as these Yanks lug their equipment across the barren soil of newly-occupied Amchitka. The men carried the where-with-all for...