Three women and one man stand on the end of a railroad car, on what seems to be a platform of some kind. Writing on the railroad car reads: "Alaska Northern." Also written on the car is the number "23." The people are...
Title taken from front. View of Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska, looking north from the dock. Sign on building at left reads: "Brosius and Noon." Also from front: "Brownell 104." also written on front. 1906-1920. Original photograph size: 1 15/16"...
Man with a thick mustache sitting astride a dead Dall sheep, holding the sheep's head up by the horns. Written on the postcard, "To [Art?] Meinzer Eag [for Eagle?]. Killed sheep Creek Sep 30/12. [illegible word] Myers,...
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,...
Exterior of the U.S. Army Signal Corps office in Valdez. U.S. flag is flying from the flagpole. "Dow 192" is written on the front of the image. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Description: Argillite; carved; bone; inset Descriptive Narrative: Carved of carbonaceous shale (slate or argillite). A canoe with oblong insets of bone on the gunwales and a figure of the sea monster engraved on both sides- front and back. 8...
Accession Number: 433 Old Num: 110 Description: wood; carved Found: arctic ocean Descriptive Narrative: Spare paddle blade carved from natural light colored wood. Both sides of the blade have a central ridge with the back ridge...
Description: moose hide; smoked; beads; leather; string; sinew; thread; sewn; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Pair of round-toed moccasins with large vamp and high ankle flaps, made of smoked moose hide and decorated with spot stitch...
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "'Slim' Bragg shown with Wolves and Tim Twitchell Trapper. Bragg Guided and Trapped Many Years in the Talkeetna and Other Areas Before Becoming a Game Warden." The word "Unknown" is scratched out, and "Tim...
Cyanotype photograph of Ladd's Station on Cook Inlet in 1898. View of several log buildings. A ladder and two caches with salmon strung on posts below them, are visible on the right. A tall wooden building in front of a wooden fence is visible to...
Title supplied by cataloger. Two people stand near the Junkers plane used in the search for Carl Ben Eielson buried by snow-drift. Most of the plane's full length, wing span, and tail rudder are visible; men are dressed in parkas and hats. In...
View of the South Seas bar and dance room from across the street. The building has a thatched roof and decorative Tapa cloth panels on the exterior. The name of the bar, "South Seas" is written on the door. A woman pedestrian walks past the...
Color photo of Indian women and their children with tents in the background. Postcard is postmarked from Seattle, Washington on Sept. 30, 1909 and addressed to Mr. [Norton?] Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Written on verso,...
Photograph with verso caption: "Alaska Statehood backers jubilant-Members of the U. S. Congress who led the fight to make Alaska the 49th state of the Union join with Alaska's Govenor and Congressmen elect in celebrating the final passage of...
This photograph depicts men and women inside Albertsons store in Juneau, Alaska, having a party to celebration the day that Alaska voted for statehood in 1958. The people are standing around a counter with bottles of alcohol and glasses on it. ...
Title from caption:"Str. Julia B. and barges on the Yukon River." Postcard is stamped from Ruby, Alaska on July 21, 1912 and is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Written is, " Ruby Als. [Alaska] July 21-12. Dear Mother, your loving...