Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

[2 men on boardwalk at entrance to Newt W. Pilger Hardware – Paints - Groceries]

Item — Box: PCA 76

Identifier: PCA0076-84

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The black and white photographs in this collection are primarily of the construction of the city of Anchorage in approximately 1915-1916. Many of the photos bear the name of the photographer – Pyatt. Many businesses of that era are recognizable by their signage, including Brown and Hawkins; Polley Bros. General Store; Mrs. Tillman’s Ladies Furnishings; Baxter’s Magazines; Terminal Transportation Co. Two Girls Cafe; Skookum Johnson’s Restaurant and Lodgings and many others. An early...

Dates: 1915-1916

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 76, Mrs. Augusta (Alberta) Pyatt Photograph Collection, 1915-1916 / PCA 76 Box 1 of 1

[2 men on horseback]

Item — Box: PCA0178

Identifier: PCA0178-278

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, one holding a rifle, draped with many bird carcasses]

Item — Box: PCA0118

Identifier: PCA0118-417

Scope and Contents

Folder: - Miscellaneous view of Ketchikan, Alaska, ca. 1913. #356 - 423.

Dates: circa 1904-1918

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 118, John Grainger Photograph Collection, ca. 1904-1918

[2 men outside cabin]

Item — Box: PCA0487

Identifier: PCA0487-54

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 pose on the side of a road through town]

Item — Box: PCA0425-26

Identifier: PCA0425-26-45

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains sixty black and white photographs. Several are commercial photos by photographer Ordway. The rest are photos taken and collected by Edward Foster. The photographs are of buildings in Haines, crew members, and construction of the Alaska Highway near Haines.

Dates: 1940s

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 425-26, Edward Foster Photograph Collection, 1940s

[2 men sawing wood - several tents in view]

Item — Box: PCA0178

Identifier: PCA0178-78

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 seated on a log; mountains behind]

Item — Box: PCA0178

Identifier: PCA0178-157

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 seated on ice pulling on ice skates; camera on ice beside man on left]

Item — Box: PCA0178

Identifier: PCA0178-125

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