The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Two men with a small dog are posing for a photograph. Rubbish is scattered around on the ground behind them. Information in the finding aid suggests they might be in a mining camp.
The finding aid suggests this is a photograph of the Fairbanks High School Class of 1908. Most of the ten graduates are seated on the stairs. Two related photographs of the same graduates are at UAF-1968-21-194 and...
The finding aid suggests this group of teenagers is the graduating class of 1908 from the Fairbanks High School. The two women in the back are assumed to be teachers. Two other photographs of the same group of young people...
The finding aid suggests this group of teenagers is the graduating class of 1908 from the Fairbanks High School. The two women in the back, one on each side, are assumed to be teachers. Two other photographs of the same...
Musher posing with a dog sled while crossing Rainy Pass. In the background are two large boulders. On one boulder, it looks like some type of sign is on top of it. The finding aid suggests this is the Rainy Pass on the...
Title from verso. View of a man in a hat and overalls hoeing amidst rows of a leafy plant. The rows are planted in front of a large field lined by trees in the background. The caption suggests that the man is one of the farmers who came north...
Title from caption. Further information on verso reads, "Kiana Belles. My big girls. From L. to R. Lucy, Mary, Kitty, Esther, Maggie, Anna, Hilda." Image shows seven girls standing and smiling while they pose for a photograph. The girls...
Title from verso. Image of the Cushman Street Bridge crossing the Chena Slough (later Chena River), looking north. A crowd of people is visible on the bridge, while the Catholic church (apparently Immaculate Conception) and a hill are visible...
Two totem poles stand in front of some wood buildings, which suggests that this is Southeast Alaska.The area appears to be heavily forested. What looks like the bow of a kayak can be seen in the foreground. A nearly...
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 from verso. Full caption from verso reads:"Pier 2, Seattle was embarkation point for Alaska for decades and a sailing for the north was well attended as the crowd there in the early twenties suggests."
Title taken from caption. "9210 -- (15) In this view we are offered a more comprehensive idea of that section of the canyon in which Sheep Camp was located. Every portion of available space is occupied by tents, stores, restaurants, warehouses...
Title taken from caption. "9208 -- (26) The White men who made packing a business on the Dyea trail in 1898 carried from 75 to 150 pounds at a time, while the Indian packers carried from 100 to 250 pounds each. At short intervals on the left of...
Title taken from caption. Photographer's number C20 Cataloger's note: This is a view of possibly the sea. As the title suggests, the size and motion of the waves indicate stormy weather. The extended wharf is clearly visible to the left.
Title by cataloguer. A three-quarter length portrait of a middle aged man sitting on a large, wooden chair with elaborate carvings, and a women of similar age who is standing beside him. Her hand which is resting casually on his shoulder,...
Title by cataloguer. "Patty, 35 mm NRG. 77-201." Cataloguer's note: A view of an empty classroom. The instruments on the teacher's desk and the information on the black board suggests this may be a science (physics or chemistry) classroom.
Title by cataloguer. A large group of people, among them a few men in uniform, are posing for the camera. The four men in uniform, standing in the middle seem to be generals and admirals. The fact that several of the men are equipped with...