Title from caption. Photograph of the Whitehorse Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above: My shot from a distance of the rapids, named 'White Horse' because the foaming, leaping waters are artistically said to resemble leaping white...
Title from verso. Men and equipment landing on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Americans occupy island 63 miles from Kiska Amchitka Island, Aleutians--In the cold waters of Constantine Harbor, Yank landing boats head toward Amchitka...
Title from verso. Photograph of a young woman from Savoonga. The photo has been marked for cropping. Verso reads: "Seattle, Wash. -- The Coast Guard Cutter, Northwind, "battle-scarred" veteran of polar region expeditions, recently...
Title from caption. Photograph of a scow shooting Miles Canyon near Whitehorse, YT. Caption reads: "Shooting Miles Canyon on scow, the waters of this Box Canyon run very swift and many early stampeders lost their lives [on] it decending in...
Title from image. Photograph of a White Pass and Yukon Railroad train along the shore of Lake Bennett. Caption reads: "White Pass & Yukon passenger train coming up along the shore of Lake Bennett, head waters of the Yukon River." ...
Sheldon and Lorena Turner -- Alaskan Survey Expedition Collection contains forty photographs and 1 report relating to the 1932 Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition. The report, "The Land of the Williwaw," was written by Lieutenant R. H. Harrell,...
51 second, black and white, silent film clip of the ferry M/V Kalakala (meaning "Flying Bird" in Chinook). Originally launched as the Peralta on October 14, 1926, in San Francisco, she burned to the waterline on May 6, 1933. The intact hull was...
Title taken from Stereograph. "244-11518 -- This view shows a group of natives on the banks of the Yukon. The Yukon flows through the central part of Alaska for a distance of about 1,200 miles. Fish are an important food production in Alaska....
Title taken from caption. "9291 -- The good ship "Queen," after passing the "Seminole," sped on to Skagway, discharged her freight and passengers and then returned to Portage Cove just as the reindeer ship was dropping anchor, on March 27th....
Title taken from caption. "9286 -- (2) The third day after leaving Seattle, the Arctic travelers found themselves in the midst of the characteristic scenic wonders of the new Northwest, and they reveled in the glorious vistas from the upper...
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...
Title taken from caption. "11561 -- (7) Here are a couple of prospectors playing hide-and-seek in the midst of massive blocks of ice which have been left upon the banks of the Allenkaket River by the receding waters. The blocks exceed in...
Title taken from caption. "11503 -- (9) Those who have never witnessed the breaking up of the ice on the lakes and rivers in the interior of Alaska, will find it difficult to appreciate the enormous quantity of ice which moves with the opening...
Title taken from caption. "9715 -- (29) The majority of those who crossed the pass stopped either at Lake Linderman or Lake Bennett for the purpose of constructing boats for the journey down the Yukon. The advance of the crusaders rendered it...
Title taken from caption. "11550 The Village of St. Michaels is located upon the northeastern portion of an island of the same name, and is one of the oldest of the Russian outposts in Alaska. Here, passengers and freight are transferred from...
Title taken from caption. "9324 -- (42) The pioneer white settler at Skagway located there in 1891, yet the first ship load of Yukon argonauts who landed on that beach in July, 1897, saw few signs of human habitations. Today four splendid...
Title by cataloguer. This is a photograph of a Walrus swiming in the bay. The walrus defining feature is the protruding tusk which extends downward from the mouth; they have thick wrinkled skin, often with little hair in older animals. They...