Sylvia Sexton with her father George Sexton, trying to feed a bear cub with what appears to be a biscuit or a cookie in Seward, Alaska. Original size of photograph: 3" x 5 1/2".
A steamship floats in a sea of ice. There are three men standing on ice in the foreground with tools, possibly trying to reach the stranded ship. This is probably the S.S. Portland. Photos UAF-1985-122-151 to...
Title by indexer. Cartoon panel depicts a man trying to get his stuck car out of a muddy road; around him, others watch, and one says to another, "Why don't some of us help him? Help him wot fur? That's the Road Commissioner!" (The 'er' in...
Title from verso. Full caption on the verso reads, "Here are the Yak. They crossed them with Galloways trying to produce an animal for beef that would winter in the open. Results were disappointing. Meat tough as - ---." Image shows...
20 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection (Alaska Review #17, 1978)". Film shows a man trying to hand-prop a Cessna 206 at Deering. Aircraft N-Number: N35593.
69 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Phillips Collection". Film shows men and fire engines trying to put out a hangar fire at Weeks Field in Fairbanks. According to the catalog record, the fire is at an Alaska...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the mail launch. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the N. C. mail launch. She went to Tanana on this launch with Mr. Decker & Mr. Franzell. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Stevcen's Village school that burned. This one is Theodore's cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Steven's Village school that burned. This one is Albert's cabin. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken...
Title from caption. Photograph of a cabin that Lawyer Rivenburg proposed as the replacement for the Stevens Village school that burned. Narrative in photo album reads: "These three views of cabins were taken after our fire. We were trying to...
Title from caption in album: "Aug 2 -Trying to get McKinley from sam place". Photograph shows Mt. McKinley in the distance, with some small trees and shrubs in the foreground.
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb damage from an air raid on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Aleutian Islands -- Pillars of smoke rise from Japanese barracks and military installations on the Island of Kiska, as bombs from U.S. Army...
Title from verso. Postcard of False Pass, Alaska as seen from Steamship Victoria. Caption reads No. 1. Verso reads: "This is one of the villages you would see en route to home. It is "False Pass" in the Aleutian Islands. We were here...
This postcard consists of a map of Ruby and of Alaska. The bottom right are two photos sitting side by side, an aerial, panoramic view of a body of water and land populated with buildings and houses. Postcard is...
"At Cape Lisburne-Alaska August 16th, 1906-Enjoying trip immensely, Cordilie" Cordelia L. M. Noble on right, woman on left is unidentified. Both are standing in a creek, and trying to keep their clothes from getting wet.
Title from indexer. Additional narrative in donor notes reads: "Our sled dog Iolanthe, bred by Milton Swan in Kivalina, lost much of her left hind leg when, with her stake-out chain accidentally wrapped around it during one winter night, her...
(3:10 min) (03 of 04) Trying to organize in the wake of the earthquake. supplies -- washed out\ fishing -- nets\ gas drums\ fish trucks\ Akwe River\ Dry Bay\ steam -- sand flats\ Geddes, Bill\ foam -- insects