Title from caption. Photograph of a man and his two dogs standing outside of a tent. Both dogs seem interested in what Mr. Jackson is pouring out of his frying pan. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below is Jackson and his two dogs, 'Babe and...
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 image. Photograph of a woman sitting outside of a tent. A stove, pots, and a basin are visible. Narrative in photo album reads: "Old Hannah lived by herself, catching a few fish in summer and in winter rabbits by snares."
Title from caption. Photograph of an elderly woman. She is wearing fur clothing and has a pouch on a string around her neck. She is kneeling on a layer of woodchips and appears to be sewing or doing some other handwork. Narrative in photo album...
Title from caption. Photograph of school and teachers' residence near Quincy, Washington. Narrative in photo album read: "Left. School & our residence near Quincy, Wash. Typical vegetation in dry farming section. Playground at the right."
Title from verso. Photograph of a bombing mission over Kiska Island. Shown here are two anti-aircraft positions connected by a communications trench. Two bombs are falling. What may be two Japanese soldiers can be seen, one to the north of the...
Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Valdez to Ft. Egbert: "...made under instructions by J.M. Clapp, Asst. Engr., June-Sept. 1904." Yukon River to Coldfoot: "…made under instructions by O.A. Piper, Surveyor, June-Sept. 1904." Inset:...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
Verso: Observing a typical Army meal, the Honorable E. L. Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress, assists the cooks as he serves a steak to a member of Fort Richardson's Training Detachment, Pvt. Leo E. Olendorff of Anchorage Alaska.
Title taken from caption. > "28 Apr 45. Typical bay, WAC quarters." A view of women's sleeping quarters. Blankets rolled up at the foot of the bunk beds, neatly folded clothing and bedding, shoes lined up under the beds, and trunks lying in...
Photograph of what looks to be a fish camp on the Tanana. A cabin is on the right and there are three tents in the center. A cache is between the tents and the cabin and there is a storage rack with a dog sled stored on top.
Title taken from accompanying note. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anch. [Anchorage] Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Many of the homes in the...
Title taken from donor's caption. View of a Valdez commercial street with some people walking in the distance; a mountain is in the background. "Valdez was a typical, busy Alaskan town of the early pioneer days -- wide open of course. Most...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Portrait of an unidentified woman." The woman is wearing 'the bob', a fashionable hairstyle typical of the 1920s. [Her jewelry and dress further help determine the period of this photograph.]
Title taken from accompanying note. A portrait of a young woman dressed in a high-collared white dress. Her hair style is reminiscent of those typical in the turn of the 19th century.
Title by cataloger. Three men at work. The man on the left is wearing checkered bell-bottoms or loon pants which was a style typical of the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
Title taken from creator's notes. Caption reads: The girl in the foreground was an acquaint[a]nce from First Baptist Church. The housing in the background was typical of the time. People started with a log cabin when they first married and...