"Hand operated steel cable ferry, constructed by O. & S. to span the 70 Mile River when the waters were too high for fording. It was located at a point called 'Nimrod Bar.' Nimrod worked for O. & S. at Crooked Creek, but had also worked his own...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows transportation routes, gold regions and land district boundaries. Insets: Sitka, Glacier Bay and vicinity -- Western Portion of Aleutian Is. From Smith's The Century atlas of the world. ...
Handwritten note reads "Fishing." Person standing near a hole in the ice holding a round fishing net. Nearby in the snow is what appears to be a shovel and a type of spear.
Title from verso: "Old V type Rotary Snow Plow 2/20/31". Someone appears to be driving a snowplow or snow-blower. A factory or industrial building is in the background. Compare with UAF-2007-64-20.
A woman with five small dogs or puppies is standing in front of a small wooden structure of some type. There are larger wooden buildings in the background. It appears to be the end of winter as melting snow is visible in...
Holy Cross Catholic Church and a large dormitory style building can be seen. Several other plain buildings are also visible. It appears a crop of some type is growing in the immediate foreground. Related photographs:...
This building, possibly a school or some other type of civic structure, has a bell tower. To the left are other buildings; one of them appears to be constructed of logs.
A porch attached to a house with drop siding. A picket fence is in front of the house. Some type of climbing plant is growing on strings attached to the porch roof. Related photographs of the same house are:...
The ship on the right may be a warship of some type. The other large ship on the left can also be viewed in related photographs UAF-1968-21--250 and UAF-1968-21-251. A variety of small craft are on the water in the...
A ship is at a pier -- possibly a cannery. On the dock in the foreground are numerous wooden crates or boxes with rope handles -- possibly fish crates. A net of some type is hanging on the right.
Title from verso. Image shows a woman standing beside a man holding a young child next to some type of sled. The woman is dressed in a full length fur coat and ankle boots and the man in a trench coat and hat. Snow is visible on the ground and...
Title from caption. Image shows a field of tall grain. Cut grain is shown in the foreground. Four men are standing in the field on the left side of the image and two men are using some type of equipment to the right near the center of the...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Three men identified as left to right: Howard Rock, Theodore Hetzel, and Tom Snapp. They appear to be discussing the items on the table in front of them, which appears to be printer's type blocks and plates.
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 indexer. Photograph shows what appears to be a pier or a deck where men are working. They appear to be perhaps building boats. There are piles of logs and lumber and some warehouse type buildings.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows what appears to be a pier or a deck where men are working. They appear to be perhaps building boats. There are piles of logs and lumber and some warehouse type buildings. A man is standing in one of the...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows what appears to be a pier or a deck where men are working. There are some warehouse type buildings. A man is standing in one of the boats in the foreground.
Title from verso. Photograph of bombing damage from a U.S. air raid on Japanese forces on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "This photo, released in Washington today, shows columns of smoke rising from Japanese installations on Kiska Island in...