A person in a coat and hat walks on what appear to be boards laid across the surface girders of a bridge. Another person can be seen in the distance, between the posts. The base of a pile driver is at...
A truss bridge under construction. The surface is not yet built, and planks of wood extend from girder to girder to make a walkway. What appears to be a pile driver stands at the end.
Photograph shows a sunset illuminating in pink the underside of the cloud cover while silhouetting the treeline and reflecting onto the calm surface of the river.
Photograph shows a beaver lodge on the edge of a still pond during a cloudy day. Reflections of trees, clouds and the beaver lodge itself are seen on the water surface. Wooded hills can be seen in the distance.
Photograph shows snow covered peak of Mt. McKinley partially covered with clouds against a blue sky, they are both mirrored onto the surface of Wonder Lake in the photographs foreground.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows the frozen surface of Skilak Lake. Mountains sit in the distance. Caption from finding aid reads "Skilak frozen". Location is Skilak Lake, Alaska.
Title from caption. Photograph shows the view of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction at mile 384 in Interior Alaska, with tracks laid on graded surface. Caption also reads: "No. 76, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 14 - Bearpaw City at mouth". Photograph shows the surface of a river rippling. The photograph is fairly dark, but on the far shore can be seen a few cabins.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Oct 30 - Shore three miles north of Massett." Photograph shows what appears to be small float bobbing on the surface of a lake.
Title from caption. Photograph of J.B. Moore and P.E. Kern standing with three fossilized mammoth or mastodon tusks in front of the window of Mr. Kern's business. Caption reads: "No. 2." "Mastodon Tusks. (Weight 250 lbs. each) Exhumed...
Typewritten on recto: "March 1st, 1917. View of ice on flats and larger lumps in mouth of Ship Creek. Note: Surface of Arm is clear of ice and that on flats is slush ice."
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Shows ocean currents, routes of sailing vessels, coast and sea ice. Shows continental surface characteristics including bioregions, glaciers and mountain ranges. Shows...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from caption. "11560 -- (38) The Klondike district, as well as other camps in the interior of Alaska, has a method of placer mining different from that which prevails in other sections of the United States. The ground, which is...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Looking down the McKinley River. The water is gray in color and full of silt (you can't see your finger 1/2 inch below the water's surface)."
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: The open-cut mining which was new at the time, was generally considered as more efficient. It involved the stripping, thawing and extracting of the gravel. The surface dirt was hauled away, in...
Title taken from caption. "Underground Mining in the Tanana Country." Cataloguer's note: The men in this underground mine seemed to be posing for the camera. Notice the man on the far left -- his facial features have been enhanced by ink,...
Title taken from caption. "Looking north from Mile 384. August 27th, 1917." View of a dirt road with the river and trees to the left and a hill to the right. This is an Alaskan Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 77. ...