A few men watch as others on and nearby try to assist a steamship stranded in ice. There is a person to the far left who seems to be doing something in the ice. Others are climbing the cabling on the ship. The word...
(3:46 min) (24 of 27) Road planning and obstacles
Mining drove some of the road planning, but ease was a factor as well. Kennecott and Anaconda Mines were reasons to try and reach Nome. Native Claims Act put lots of right-of-way issues in...
(5:54 min.) (16 of 24) 16 Passengers Dropped off Father Hubbard and his assistant, Sam Levenson [?] (later mayor of Irvine, CA). They climbed Mt. Katmai. Engine room boy served as alter boy. John Ford rode the ship; he was a good enough...
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...
(4:44 min.) (05 of 08) 5. Autonomy Which direction should we move in next? More autonomy is better -- get more states together to lobby for more autonomy. People should keep an eye on government because they will always try and keep...
36-second, color/silent film clip. Title frame reads: "Slim Williams and John Logan with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Dawson". Some of the Mounted Police try out Logan's and Williams's motorcycles .
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Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "A pickup immersed by the waters off the point of Nyman's Peninsula aboard the Naval Station, Kodiak, forced two seamen, William D. Maule of Canoga Park, Calif., and Bruce Reid of Selah,...
Title taken from donor's caption. "Julia and George try a ride on 'Deacon' at McCarthy Creek. For the first time in dawned on me that I faced a real problem in getting my young wife and child out over a rough 190 mile trail, crossing several...
View of four Native children in the front row of the audience at the 1966 Governor's Picnic in Anchorage, Alaska. Three of the children are using boxes to try and keep dry in the rain. Photo taken in 1966.
View of the Land's End Hotel in Homer, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Boat, apparently washed up, appears in foreground. Words on boat read Try Again. Sign over hotel reads Land's End. Number on boat reads, in part, 3108.
View of flooding in Homer, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Building is identified as the Land's End Hotel. Words on the bow of the boat, far right, read Try Again. Image also includes an anchor, a small boat floating in the water,...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from verso. View of Karl Eid making ornamental chocolates at Piggly Wiggly Market in Spenard area of Anchorage, Alaska, with merchandise on display in background. Sign on shelf in background reads: "Try Pixie potato chips. 77 [cents]."...
U.S. Government Reindeer Project managers Joe Chase (right) and "Uncle John" using walkie-talkie to communicate with herders at Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Alaska. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer...
Title taken from verso. Also from verso: "This sourdough was going to try to get to Anchorage in this flat bottom boat. Hope he made it! Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1919. Original photograph size: 4 3/8" x 3 1/2".
Title from image caption Crowd, on bleachers by Yukon River, watches as men stretch out measuring tape; competitors stand by in shorts and singlets; S. S. LOTTA TALBOT is visible behind crowd; sign on hillside across river reads " Try the Ames...