Title from caption. Photograph shows men using horses as the grade land at mile 295. Caption also reads: "No. 57, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."
Title from caption. Photograph of Elsie Adam with her sister tied to her back, using what appears to be a blanket. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Elsie Adam with her sister on her back."
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 caption. Photograph of Mrs. Pitka preparing a moose hide. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below. Mrs. Pitka working at tanning a moose hide. She is using a dull knife to remove pieces of flesh from the skin."
Title from image. Photograph of Lawyer and Cora Rivenburg canoeing on Squaw Creek. Narrative in photo album reads: "Using a wooden canoe which I built from whip-sawed native spruce lumber." "Belle & I canoeing on Squaw."
Title from caption. Photograph of harvesting wheat with a Caterpillar tractor. Narrative in photo album read: "At left: Using combine and large tractor to harvest crop. In one operation, grain is cut, threshed & put into bags, sometimes...
Title from caption. Photograph of harvesting wheat using horse drawn agricultural equipment. Narrative in photo album read: "At right. Header & header box harvesting crop. Wheat is so short that when heads are cut off only stubble is left. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Caterpillar tractor hauling wheat to the local grain elevator. Narrative in photo album read: "Hauling threshed & sacked wheat to the elevator in town using tractor for hauling."
38 second film clip, color/silent, of the Alaska Territorial Guard [ATG] moving a house on skids through the streets of Nome, Alaska. They are using a bulldozer; other heavy equipment can be seen in the background.
31 second film clip, black & white/silent, of men cutting ice. The men cut the ice with saws and haul it away using a small sled or sledge pulled by an old fashioned truck.
36 second film clip, color/silent, of a reindeer roundup on the Seward Peninsula. People herd the reindeer into the corral using a long piece of material. A reindeer is wrestled to the gound.
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. Soldier eating captured supplies with captured eating utensils. Verso reads: "Kiska -- The rice left behind when the Japs fled the island of Kiska makes a tasty titbit for S/Sgt. Emdond A. Birdsell...
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas covered boat transporting supplies from a Navy ship to St. George Island. Verso reads: "Pribilof Islands -- Using light, canvas-covered native boats, crewmen of the USS Thuban bring supplies to the...