Title taken from caption. Aft view of the sternwheeler Gen'l J. W. Jacobs in Nenana, Alaska. Major Gillette sits on a dock piling next to the vessel. From verso: "The river boat that took us from Nenana to Russian Mission. This boat is run by the...
Title from caption. Photograph from a sternwheeler approaching the Five Finger Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "On our boat approaching Five Finger Rapids in the upper Yukon. Current was so swift that in going upstream, a cable was...
Title from image caption Three steamboats, SCHWATKA, YUKON, and SUSIE; and a wannigan, BEAVER, along the Tanana waterfront where the Tanana River enters the Yukon River
Title from image caption Different types of boats traveling downriver, including many small boats with sails; a small sternwheeler tows a laden scow and another boat Photographer's number 709
Summary: Many of the photos were taken by Baldwin while he worked as a surveyor for the U.S. government on the Alaska-Canada boundary survey from Demarcation Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias from 1907 to 1913. Also included are images of...
Scenic view of bay, with dory in foreground; buildings on shore and paddle wheel ship in background; ship is probably the steamship ANCON, which sunk in Naha Bay in 1889 Photographer's number 7992.
Title from album caption. Dog team running on Chena River ice. The sternwheeler Idler sits at the river's edge. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Bill Corey team was driven by Jack Murphy in the H. Wendell...
Title from verso. View of the Anchorage, Alaska docks in summer. Tidal mudflats and lumber storage sheds are in the foreground and the dock and several covered buildings are visible in the background. A sternwheeler is tied up at the dock. ca....