"Jack got a good snap of a cow moose one day above the camp. They were a common sight on most of the creeks. Sometimes a dozen could be seen on short trips up and down the creeks."
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "Field trip about 1930, l to r, Harold Strandberg, Fred Kubor, Mining Exp. Prof. Hendrixon." Image shows three men standing beside an automobile on a dirt road. Deep ruts in the mud of the road are...
"And the last one here, number 15. Yea that was that borrowed DC-3, it was destined for Pan American's China facility, China National Airline, but we had use of it to operate a few trips over through British Columbia to prove it was...
Shows routes of the Leffingwell-Mikkelsen ice trip of 1907, route of the "Karluk" in 1913, and ice trips of 1914 and 1918. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. 1920 edition. Oriented with north to the upper...
Title taken from photograph. Photo taken from deck of ship. Image shows the Taku Glacier 1910-1912. Written on the page of the photo album is the following text. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Taku Glacier. Postcard shows glacier and the ice that has calved off. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Tanana mail team. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from Alaska and our four years residence there. The...
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Naturalist Charles Sheldon (1867-1928) was an authority on big game animals, particularly Alaskan mountain sheep and bear. He participated in a drive which eventually led to the creation of Denali National Park (originally Mt. McKinley National...
Title from caption. Photograph of a campsite, set up during a trip thru Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Visible in the photo is a Model T, a tent, and a dog. It appears that an accordian gate was set on the car's running board and possibly...
Title from image. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg seated at a camp site in western Montana. Visible in the photo is a tent, a Model T automobile and a dog; the sign on the tree reads "Forest fires ruin fishing and..."; the rest is torn away. ...
Title from image. Photograph of a camp site made by the Rivenburgs in Northen California. Narrative in photo album read: "Same Model T in both trips; first thru Idaho, Mont, Wyoming, Colorado & so East. Second South thru Oregon & Cali, East...
Title from caption. Photograph of the Rivenburg's campsite. Narrative in photo album read: "Same Model T in both trips; first thru Idaho, Mont, Wyoming, Colorado & so East. Second South thru Oregon & Cali, East Nevada, Utah ect."
(9:55 Min.) (01 of 09)
Barging on the river
barging; river history; summer -- Galena; hauling 140 ton loads; river trips; whole life on river; Holy Cross; freight; Nenana; Yukon; million gallon barge; Nenana; Fairbanks; Core of Engineers; Chena...
(4:13 min.) (03 of 08) American Mail Line and Alaska Steam World War II; trips to war torn areas; hauling ammunition and supplies; bombings; Foss Co. -- learned about diesel engines; Standard Oil Company; Alaska Steam -- worked on diesel...
(4:10 min.) (08 of 08) Living on a ship and coming back to port steam vessels -- engineer on tug boat; steam -- not as economical; life on a freighter; diesel -- machine shops; Alaska Steam -- shorter trips; more days off; repair and clean-up --...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man wearing heavy gloves carrying a framed backpack. He is also smoking a pipe. Caption from album reads: "Mr. O.W. Stenbuck, former mail carrier, is a Swede. He is known as "Five Dollar Bill," and claims...
(4:46 min.) (06 of 24) 06 Other tasks Besides doing the cooking and cleaning, the steward was baker, butcher, nurse, waiter, and, on some trips, musician. Cargo handling included shipping the dead; some wouldn't touch the coffins. Was...