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....
Image shows time-lapsed photograph of the progress of the sun on the shortest day of the year, December 21st, in Nome, Alaska. Sunrise noted as 10:25am, and sunset at 1:35pm, though no year noted.
A group of men, probably miners, seem to be surveying the mining materials and supplies near their mining camp. One man sits atop a horse-drawn carriage. There are at least 4 stacks of different size pipes laying on the...
"Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Norwood on the Glacier Queen at Skagway, Alaska on my return jaunt to my old stamping ground in August, 1962. Mrs Norwood is wearing one of the beaded jackets, along with other native made articles donated to the University...
Title taken from verso. Photograph with the following information on the reverse side of the photograph: "Margaret Thomas (now Mrs. O. J. Murie), second year graduate, and first girl to have the honor of an Alaska degree." Mardy Murie is seen...
A whale boat captain is seated on a snow bank, behind him is a pole with items hanging from it like chains, a pot, and next to him is another pot and a mitten. The captain is wearing a rain parka made of gut and rain boots, he has a labret in in...
Title from image. View of Katmai crater during an eruption. Reverse of a postcard related to this images states: "Vol. Katmai that upset this part of the country last year (1912). Taken this June (1913), a year after. The 1st pictures taken of...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes trails and railroad routes. Inclosed area indicates land from which the Cassiar Central Railway may select 700,000 acres. Inset: Key map of the Canadian Yukon and northern territory of British...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Ancillary map: Diagram of the Middle States; [North America]. "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1867 by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of...
Caption: Reindeer shed their horns every year. The male shed six weeks earlier than the female, so that during the fawn season the mother may protect the young.
Title from verso: "Chena Slough Bridge during high water of Aug. 30". The Chena River in downtown Fairbanks and what appears to be the Cushman Street bridge facing south. Year not known.
Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Title from verso. Sign at left reads: "Samson Hardware Company, 'Samson' Hardware & Mining Machinery, [illegible] Pennsylvania Boilers American & Samson Hoists." At right, signs appear to advertise brand names: "Mobiloil", "Caterpillar", "The...
Verso: William Earnest Beltz, a 47-year-old native of the Eskimo Village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated transition from territorial to State government. Beltz's father, a native of...
A musher poses with a dog sled while crossing Rainy Pass on the Iditarod Trail in late March 1920. The trip was made by George Glass, his 17 year old son Ophir Glass, and Irving Reed. It is unknown which of them is the...
A young man, possibly 17 year old Ophir Glass, poses for this photograph on the wooden deck of a ship. A hopscotch game has been chalked onto the deck. Related photograph: UAF-1968-21-245. A magazine article by Irving Reed...
Caption: Washington-- Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett greets Army Second Lt. and Mrs Terrance P. McLean, formerly of Nome, at his Washington office which the couple visited shortly after McLean was commissioned at Ft. Lee, Petersburg, Virginia. ...
277 second film clip, black & white and color/silent of football in Fairbanks during the 1940's-1950's. Two sections one shot in winter with lots of snow on the field and the second shot durng the fall of the year.