Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Views include Alaska Packer's Association canneries and personnel, A.P.A. cannery buildings, workers, vessels. Collection also includes scenics from Kvichak, Unamak, Seward, Kodiak, Chignik. Kogsung, Nushagak, Uyak, Bristol Bay, Seldovia, Port Graham, Cook Inlet and Naknek. Many of the photos were taken by photographers John E. Thwaites and F.N. Nowell.

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Charles Brower family, Barrow, Eskimos, whaling, ca. 1900-1930s.

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Photogravure views of Alaska communities and Native Alaskan culture, including Metlakatla Indian Band ; Father William Duncan's church ; Treadwell Gold Mine ; Potlatch dancers ; Totems (Kasaan) ; Mt. Dewey (Skagway) ; White Pass and Yukon Railroad ; Three Sisters Mountains (Sitka) ; Greek Orthodox Church (Sitka) ; Totems (Sitka) ; Taku Glacier ; Valdez ; Unidentified Eskimo bride and groom.

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Photo journal of Sonia and Gordon Harris' trip to Alaska in the summer of 1998.

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Materials were appraised for appropriate and useful Alaskan content, and selected accordingly. Selected films are stock footage and short films of various Alaskan locations, including both color and black and white film, some silent and some with sound. Also includes Alaska Airlines advertising posters and proof sheets of advertising materials.

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Pocket map of Alaska, eastern Russia, and western Canada; various areas outlined in colors.

Scope and Contents (Some of the images are photo reproductions.) Receipt acknowledgement of Alaska purchase check for $7,200,000.00, image of endorsement signatures on verso of the Alaska purchase check, Skagway news articles about the "Soapy" Smith shooting, Henry W. Elliot watercolors, Tlingit, Eskimo, and Aleut images, early maps and charts. Some of the artists represented include: Frank Alfred Golder, J. Webber (sailed with Capt. James Cook), Benjamin Russell, Von F.H. Kittlitz, W. John Harris, Solomon...

Content Description This collection contains 76, 2½” x 3¼” photographs ca. 1900. The photographs are commercial in nature and look to be collected as someone crossed Canada and Alaska. There are photos from Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada; Prince Rupert, B.C.; Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Taku, Juneau, Haines, Skagway, White Pass Route, Alaska; White Horse and Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. Many of the photographs were taken by Winter and Pond Co. One photograph...

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This is a collection of Alaska related calendars. The calendars include photographs and historical information associated with Alaska.

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Alaskan candidate brochures, party platforms, newspaper clippings, advertisements, etc. dating from 1889. Includes city/borough, state legislature, gubernatorial, and U.S. Congress campaigns.