Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

The collection includes mostly stock images of Fairbanks, Nome, Anchorage, and Juneau; also Eskimos, sled dogs, and a few images of unidentified people. Many of the photographs were collected from commercial photographers, including Winter and Pond Co., Walter Hylen (Fairbanks), Sawyer, B.B. Dobbs, Charles Cann, Julius Fritschen (Anchorage). Others may have been photographed by Mina Lang.

Color slides of Alaska scenes, primarily Southwestern Alaska, ca. 1944-1946. Photographs (black and white) and papers related to the February 1946 S.S. Yukon wreck, rescue, and medical care of survivors.

Color slides of Alaska scenes, primarily Southwestern Alaska, ca. 1944-1946. Photographs (black and white) and papers related to the February 1946 S.S. Yukon wreck, rescue, and medical care of survivors.

Color slides of Alaska scenes, primarily Southwestern Alaska, ca. 1944-1946. Photographs (black and white) and papers related to the February 1946 S.S. Yukon wreck, rescue, and medical care of survivors.

Color slides of Alaska scenes, primarily Southwestern Alaska, ca. 1944-1946. Photographs (black and white) and papers related to the February 1946 S.S. Yukon wreck, rescue, and medical care of survivors.

The photographs in this collection include views of Juneau, Sitka, Flat City and Iditarod. Views of Juneau include the Gold Creek Dam and flume construction, 1928, Juneau buildings, general views, and fires. Photographers represented in the collection include Trevor Davis, the Snap Shoppe, Lomen, and Ordway. Many of the images were taken by unidentified photographers.

Views of Hoonah, Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, Taku Inlet, and Port Frederick are included in this collection. Many of the photographs were taken by Juneau photographers, Winter and Pond, Trevor Davis, Ordway and Neff, Walter G. Hellan, and Sitka photographer, E. W. Merrill.

The collection contains one photograph album with 180 black and white photographs and 85 black and white loose photographs from about 1912-1933. The images depict scenes of daily life in Interior Alaska, particularly Fort Yukon. Several images chronicle the journey to Fort Yukon, including scenes of Juneau and Seward.

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.

Photographs and postcards are primarily of Juneau with a few other southeast Alaska towns included. Winter & Pond, W.H. Case and C.W. Beyers, Ordway, F. Matheson, and Kirk[?] photographers are represented in the collection. A photograph listing on W.H. Case letterhead follows the photographs, however, only photographs 1-27 were received by the Library. Also included is a description of The Beaver Pole. The bulk of the photographs were from the 1907-1935 time period.