Title from verso. View of a man in a hat and overalls hoeing amidst rows of a leafy plant. The rows are planted in front of a large field lined by trees in the background. The caption suggests that the man is one of the farmers who came north...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title from accompanying notes. "24 April, the day I leave the expedition to return to Seattle. Camp 3--my Japanese friends who are special to me (left to right): Shige (aka Camera), Fire, West, Dragon, Hiro, Bamboo, Mitche, and Hat." Eight...
Title from accompanying material. "Lois, Jack, Donna (who sent me the pie) & West just before Floyd Miller flew West & me to Fairbanks to catch a flight to Seattle." Four people posed on the stoop in front of a log cabin.
Title taken from caption. A Soviet serviceman and a teacher pose for a portrait in Nikolskoye village, Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from front. Studio portrait of sled dog puppy at attention, Alaska. Photographer: Lomen Bros. Postcard. Original photograph size: 4 7/8" 2 7/8".
Title taken from verso. Two Alaskan sled dogs growling at each other over who is in charge, with bighorn sheep heads and sled showing behind tree in background. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Original photograph size: 5 3/4" x 3...
Title taken from verso. John Wallace, carver of totem pole located outside United States Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes' office, standing with young girl in Hydaburg, Alaska. Also from verso: "Courtesy of credit will be appreciated. Dept. of...
Title taken from front. Fur trader Ed Shepherd and Nathan Noongwook shaking hands above flag which reads "The Adventurers Club" in front of sled in Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. Flag advertises The Adventurers Club of New York. Sled is...
Title from sleeve. Photographer Rob Stapleton, Jr., stands with a camera around his neck on stage with Senator Ted Stevens and his wife Catherine. Stevens and the woman are holding up the framed photo presented to Stevens for his 60th birthday....
Title taken from verso. Horse looking out of tent-barn along Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Alaska. Also from verso: "The trail horse 'barn' ('stable'). The method was to dig snow down to ground before putting up tents for the barn. House tents were...
Title taken from front. Group of men aboard the "Seddon" amid ice, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 1057. June 15, 1908. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.