Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

[2 men in front of cabin in a wooded area]

Item — Box: PCA0487

Identifier: PCA0487-36

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Photographs of the Nome area, 1900-1903, Eskimos and Alaskan scenics. Some of the photographs were taken by Perry Moore. Others are commercially prepared; some by O.D. Goetze. NOTE: Included are several photographs of a visit by U.S. Senators. These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col....

Dates: 1900-1903

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 487, Perry Moore Photograph Collection, 1900-1903

[2 men in front of log cabin; snowshoes hanging from roof]

Item — Box: PCA0178

Identifier: PCA0178-101

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Lorain Roberts Zacharias collected photographs from several locations with views primarily of mining activities in Dawson and Chisana (also known as Shushana, Shushanna, or Qhisina), family views, and scenics. Photographers represented in the collection include Winter & Pond, Case & Draper, Wolfe, L.H. Smith, and J. Doody. The collection also contains a mining claim location notice, notes with penciled drawing from her husband, and other papers.

Dates: circa 1903-1921

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 178, Lorain Roberts Zacharias Photograph Collection, ca. 1903-1921

[2 men in lifeboat on stern of large ship]

Item — Box: PCA0509

Identifier: PCA0509-64

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Juneau Family photo album, ca. 1920, looks like it belonged to a family that lived in Juneau, Alaska. The photographs depict the Juneau area including Douglas, Thane and the Nugget Creek power station. They also depict Juneau area people and activities. The owner of the album was possibly an electrician or caretaker of the Nugget Creek power station and lived there with his family.

Dates: ca. 1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 509, [Juneau Family Photo Album], ca. 1920

[2 men in parkas, standing next to a plane with skis on it] [Neg. only-no print]

Item — Box: PCA0206

Identifier: PCA0206-253

Scope and Contents

Negative only, no print #242-254. Located in Negative File Cabinet in Room 227B in vault

Dates: 1932-1934

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 206, Lyman Brewster Photograph Collection, 1932-1934 / PCA 206 Box 1 of 1 [9 folders]

2 men in small boat going out to plane.

Item — Box: PCA 98

Identifier: PCA0098-50

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains slides and photographs taken by various photographers before and during the Aleutian campaign of World War II. Included are images of U.S. Naval officers and enlisted men, many who are identified, and locations in the Aleutian Islands, including some aerial views and bomb damage.

The first 37 slides were copied from a set of 59 positive glass lantern slides.

Dates: 1941-1943

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 98, James S. Russell Photograph Collection, 1941-1943: Aleutian Campaign, World War II

2 men in small boat on river

Item — Box: PCA0574

Identifier: PCA0574-10

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Provenance unknown. Most of the negatives contain images of daily life on or near rivers in Alaska. Some images show sternwheelers on the Yukon River. Pole-boats are also depicted.

Dates: ca. 1898-1927

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 574, Alaska, On the River Photograph Collection, ca. 1898 - 1927

[2 men loading a box on a pack horse]

Item — Box: PCA0425-32

Identifier: PCA0425-32-14

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Chititu Creek Mining Camp photograph album contains photographs of a Chititu Creek placer mining camp, the placer workings and the people who lived and worked there. This looks to be a family photograph album as it also has photographs of unknown families, their homes and their horses. There are also photos of 3 ship captains: Captain J.S. Moore, Captain T.D. McFarland and Captain F.M Moore. There is also an impressive picture of a woman shooting a pistol.

Dates: 1903

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 425-32, Chititu Creek Mining Camp Photograph Collection, 1903

[2 men loading/unloading sled near a cache]

Item — Box: PCA0525-18

Identifier: PCA0525-18-70

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 142 photographs and commercial postcards (Lowman Bros., Nome, Alaska) of interior Alaska and the Nome area taken and collected by Walter S. Smith. These black and white photographs depict life in this remote section of Alaska. There are pictures of prospectors, Native Alaskan people, dog sled teams, dogs, and mining or trapping camps. There is a photograph that shows the graves of Derabin [Deraibin] (Russian) and Barnard (English Naval Officer) killed...

Dates: circa 1914

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 525-18, Walter S. Smith Photograph Collection, ca. 1914