Aerial view of Seward, Alaska looking west from the opposite side of Resurrection Bay. Note that Lowell Creek has been diverted to the waterfall at far left. The Standard Oil storage tanks (at left) are painted as part of the World War II...
Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
Jewel Guard Hall at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. Children are gathered on steps and car is parked at left. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." 1945-1955. Original photograph size: 4" x...
Goode Hall at the Jesse Lee Home complex at Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. 1945-1955. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
View of the Balto building at the Jesse Lee Home complex in Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1945-1955. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
The Eastern Arcade, linking the Balto building and Goode Hall of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. Note the World War II camouflaging and the Mile "0" Iditarod Trail monument at right front. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce, Seward, Alaska, Box...
Sixteen young boys sit on the steps of Jewel Guard Hall at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. Note the World War II camouflage trees painted on the building in left background. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce, Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca....
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.
Selective relief shown by hachures. Shows routes and destinations of various explorers. Inset: Discoveries in and north of Wellington Channel by Lt. DeHaven in Sept. 1850 and by Capt. Penny and his parties in May, June and July 1851, compiled by...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island and a coastline, Terrae Esonis, between the northern tip of California and what is possibly the Kamchatka Peninsula. Illustrated with various peoples of the New World. Hand colored....
Relied shown by hachures. From Colton's American atlas, vol. 2 in Colton's Atlas of the world, illustrating physical and political geography. Longitude from Washington and Greenwich. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J....
Insets: Chart of the territories discovered & examined by the searching expeditions under the command of Cap. Austin & Cap. Penny, 1851 -- Beechey Island, site of Sir J. Franklin's winter quarters, 1845-1846. From Bartholomew's Supplement to...
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows area from Cape Decision to Mt. St. Elias and Pt. Riow. Insets: A survey of Port Protection; A survey of Port Conclusion; Entrance into Cross Sound. Engraved by T. Foot. No. 12 in Vancouver's A...
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows Turnagain Arm and Prince William Sound east to Mt. St. Elias. Includes tracks of Vancouver's voyage. Inset: A Survey of Port Chalmers. No. 11 in Vancouver's A voyage of discovery to the North...
Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows west coast of North America, from California up to Prince William Sound. Insets: Klondike Region on enlarged scale -- Alaska [index map with an inset of the Aleutian Islands] -- Map showing the...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows transportation routes, gold regions and land district boundaries. Insets: Sitka, Glacier Bay and vicinity -- Western Portion of Aleutian Is. From Smith's The Century atlas of the world. ...
Photograph of the crash of the Winnie Mae in Flat, Alaska. Caption: Wiley Post, during the first round the world solo flight, crashed during a landing at Flat, Alaska. In this photo miners from Flat set up a tripod wench to lift the plane.