Box PCA 199
Contains 49 Results:
Valdes Alaska
[Valdez Alaska; residential area with wooden sidewalk, center; Valdez Glacier and snow capped mountains, beyond.] ca. 1908-1910. (Geo. Cantwell)
Valdez Alaska
[side and rear view of unidentified church in residential area; barrel lying in pond, foreground; mountains reflected in pond.] (Geo. Cantwell)
Bridalveil Falls--Keystone Canõn
[winter view with frozen falls on canyon side; dog team with drivers, foreground.] (#74, Cantwell)
Government Trail at head of Keystone Canyon
[pack train with riders on narrow unimproved trail at right; rocky bluff, left; stream cascading over rocks at center.] (P.S. Hunt)
Bridges in Keystone Canyon, Valdez-Fairbanks winter trail
[planks across 2 streams; snow on sides of canyon wall.] 1904. (P.S. Hunt)
[Log cabin on Valdez Trail; man and horse on trail above cabin.]
This collection of photographs shows Valdez, travel along the trail, dog and horse teams carrying the mail, freighting activity, some mining scenes, crossing the Yukon River and the riverboats. Identified roadhouses include Wortman's, Yost's, McDevitt's, Rapid's, Donnelley's and Manley Hot Springs Hotel.
Photographers whose views are in the collection include George Cantwell, Albert Johnson, P.S. Hunt, and C.L. Andrews.
Sheep Creek Cañon
[snow filled canyon; narrow bridge, left to right; snowy mountains beyond. Canyon is Mile 18.7 on present highway.] (Geo. Cantwell)
Summit of Thompson Pass
[four horse drawn sleds and drivers at right; tents on left; snow covered ground and mountains.] (#110, Cantwell)
Looking down the Summit
[five horse drawn double-ender sleds with drivers at Thompson Pass; snow covered ground and mountains.] (#113, Cantwell)
Trail through Teikhell Canon
[Tiekel Canyon; snow covered trail and canyons.] (Geo. Cantwell)