Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Pat Chamay in the Cheechako (Native Alaskan term for 'alien' or 'foreigner') Tavern. Beer was .75 (while only .25 in Seattle at the same time). Pat & I later hitchhiked...
This image shows Article II of the constitution of the state of Alaska which establishes a bicameral (two chambers or houses) Alaska legislative including the number of this body, and the length of term. See also UAF-2004-25-4-1
Title taken from accompanying notes. "GI's [a generic term which refers to a United States Army soldier] preparing 'C rations' for the remaining military and civilians who are still in Valdez Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". The...
Title taken from accompanying notes. "GI's [a term refering to a United States Army soldier] resting in Glennallen prior to taking off for Valdez following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Three soldiers sit in what appear to be diner booths:...
Title from caption.
Other note reads, "(Reproduction) by Larky." A man, possibly a pilot of the zeppelin, is standing in the middle of the disassembled airship. This photo was taken in Teller, Alaska, where the Norge landed on its first flight...
Title taken from caption. View of Bob Reeve's plane sitting on the Columbia Glacier with the parts of a new diesel engine unloaded in the foreground. The term 'cat' is often used in refering to a tractor. This tractor engine is most likely for some...
Title and spelling taken from caption. View of a man walking along a beach on Kodiak Island. There is a building in the background. From May's journal, dated May 28th: "For the purpose of the identification of artifacts, the site is divided into...
Title from sleeve. Aerial view of the terminal building at the Kenai airport, showing parked cars, several parked airplanes, and the end of the runway. More buildings visible across the road and up the street. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Formal portrait of William "Willie" "Iggiagruk" Hensley, who served as both a State Representative in Alaska for 4 years, as House majority leader, and as a State senator, for 4 years from 1971-75 and again for a term starting in 1987,...
Description from verso: This picture taken on June 8, 1978 in the Senate Chambers is a remembrance of the retirement from the legislature of the Dean of the Senate, Senator John Butrovich.The photograph includes a history of the Alaska Senate...
Governor Jay S. Hammond stands at the lectern addressing the audience during his first term in office; several other people are visible behind him on stage
From verso: A.P. Swineford - taken on his way to Alaska as Governor [in] 1885 to finish Kincaid's term and then serve his own [as second governor of the Territory of Alaska, 1885-1889]
Full title: At*xa*x Matal Txin Agunaa / At*xam tanadgusigan ilan 1973 slugan ilan agulgaqas Bruce D. Marsh ; Amilaayum tunugan ilan alu*gasaqangis Moses Dirks, Nii*gu*gim tunugan ilan a*giqangis = the building of Atka Island / produced in Atka...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...