Title taken from front of photograph. Photograph of Seward, Alaska taken part way up Mt. Marathon, looking southwest. An Evans Photo. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6 1/2".
John J. Sesnon Co.'s cable way for landing freight at Nome. 1400 feet long, shore tower 125 feet high, Cassion tower 90 feet above highwater. The largest cable way of its kind in the world.
Title taken from news clipping. Photograph used in a February 17, 1959 issue of The Washington Daily News. The news paper clipping also had a capion that read: "A push for Washington 'home rule' got under way this morning when two models...
Relief shown by hachures. Shows Alaska prior to the Gold Rush with part of eastern Siberia and the Northwest Territory. Page 27 from atlas. On verso (pg. 28): map of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This map is identical to copy 1, even print...
Photograph of McCormack (on way to Rampart House), Inspector Wood, R. C. M. P. (on way to Herschell Island), and Dr. Doyle (on way to Herschell Island).
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Fairbanks Resident Engineer truck on the access road. The left half of the cleared way is the foundation for the dam." Verso also stamped with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers logo and the date Sept. 1974. ...
Title taken from verso. Full verso reads: "Leaving The Tanana Valley on my way to Washington, D. C. Same dog team I arrived with." Verso also stamped: "From Haubell & Company. 536 Lake Shore Drive. Chicago, ILL." Slim Williams was a...
Photograph shows the Worthington Glacier with the surrounding mountains, a gravel road leading the way to the glacier terminus is in the foreground of the photograph with 2 tripods seen on the left side of the road....
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a truck sitting on some snow. Nearby a stream is making it's way through the snow or the snow may be melting. A dirt road can also be seen.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows two men standing in a stream of running water that is making its way through a gap in tall snow. A log is stretched across the gap. The men appear to be working on something.
Title from caption on photograph. Photograph shows a group of children as seen from behind. Caption on photograph reads "Front Street - Nome, Alaska. Nome school children on their way home - in a blizzard [?]".
A beach scene at "Bear Camp" way up the Alatna River in September, 1949. The seining set is hanging in the background and on the beach are the medium-sized whitefish divided...
Title taken from photograph. Photo taken from deck of ship. Image shows the Taku Glacier 1910-1912. Written on the page of the photo album is the following text. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Taku Glacier. Postcard shows glacier and the ice that has calved off. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Tanana mail team. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from Alaska and our four years residence there. The...
Title from caption. Photograph of a woman called Old Eliza with a log cabin in the background. Narrative in photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first morning, before...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Old Eliza walking in Stevens Village with a log building in the background. Narrative from photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption: "The old way of shoveling in." Photograph shows nine men, most with shovels in their hands, posing for a photograph. They appear to have been shoveling dirt into a sluice box.