Alaska Community Album no

The Alaska Purchase Centennial Collection:
A Historical Survey in Pictures

PCA 20, Alaska Community Album no. 1

Prepared by the Alaska Historical Library Section, Alaska Division of Libraries and Museums in cooperation with The Alaska Division of Parks. (1975)

This project has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Services, under provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

Introduction

This album of photographs is part of a series of Alaska Community Albums prepared by the Alaska Division of State Libraries and Museums from the Alaska Historical Library photograph collection. This project has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The grant was received through the Alaska Division of Parks. The albums were developed to share this information source, stimulate interest and study of local history, an help satisfy the needs of historical researchers. Such material is invaluable for historic preservation to show original structures and sites.

A special file of historical photographs providing an over-view of Alaska's history was organized by the Alaska Purchase Centennial Commission and used for a variety of purposes during the 1967 celebration. Some of the photographs were from the Alaska Historical Library collection and others are photographs of illustrations from books, maps, etc. in the library. The Commission also acquired photographs from the U.S. National Archives and other sources.

This file of photographs makes available an interesting array of portraits of persons important in Alaska's history, photographs of communities, transportation, gold rush views, and other subjects are depicted.

There is a negative file of the Alaska Purchase Centennial photograph collection so prints can be obtained for a fee. Reproduction information is available on request.

The generosity of many donors has enriched and increased the research value of the collections and information available to the citizens of the State. Please contact the Historical Librarian if you are interested in contributing to the Library.

ALASKA COMMUNITIES

Bethel, Alaska [Bethel, Alaska along the river, circa 1909.]
Cordova, Alaska [Cordova, Alaska business district, circa 1910.]
Dome City, Alaska [View of Dome City, Alaska in the Fairbanks mining district, circa 1902.]
Douglas, Alaska (included in Treadwell)

Image 1 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]
Image 2 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]
Image 3 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]
Image 4 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]

Fairbanks, Alaska The First Picture of Fairbanks, circa 1902. [Winter scene of cabins. From: Alaska Yukon Magazine, January 1909.]
Haines, Alaska

Image 1 [Presbyterian Mission School, Haines, Alaska. Two-story wooden structure, circa 1886.]
Image 2 Haines, Alaska and Fort William H. Seward from Mt. Ripinski, Alaska.

Juneau, Alaska

Image 1 Public School, Juneau, Alaska [children and teachers at 5th and Seward Streets, circa 1909.]
Image 2 Front Street, [Juneau, Alaska, circa 1909.]
Image 3 [Residential section of Juneau, Alaska above 4th Street, circa 1909.]
Image 4 [Juneau, Alaska business district with 3rd and Main streets in foreground, circa 1909.]
Image 5 [Business and waterfront area of Juneau, Alaska. Mt. Roberts on left, 1909.] (Winter and Pond.)
Image 6 [Business district of Juneau, Alaska looking toward Gastineau Channel from 6th Street.] 1909. (Winter and Pond.)
Image 7 [Composite of exterior and interior of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Juneau, Alaska.]
Image 8 [Composite of exterior views of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches and interior of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Juneau, Alaska.]
Image 9 Courthouse, Juneau, Alaska [side view with U.S. flag, circa 1909.]
Image 10 The Log Church [small group of people on porch of Juneau's Presbyterian church.] circa 1888.
Image 11 [Three small structures on South Franklin; Juneau, Alaska. Homes of Taku Indians.]

Katalla, Alaska

Image 1 Katalla, Alaska, circa 1908.
Image 2 Katalla, Alaska [panoramic view from water.]

Ketchikan, Alaska [Ketchikan, Alaska street; courthouse, school house, Methodist and Catholic churches, circa 1909.]
Kodiak, Alaska [Kodiak, Alaska dock area; Russian Orthodox Church on right, circa 1910.]
Nome, Alaska

Image 1 [Bird's eye view of Nome, Alaska in 1900, looking southeast across the Snake River.]
Image 2 [Nome, Alaska, September 15, 1900, looking northwest along the beach showing waterfront businesses.]
Image 3 [Front Street, Nome, Alaska, circa 1908.]
Image 4 Front Street, Nome, Alaska, circa 1899.

Nuchek, Alaska [Nuchek, Alaska an old Russian settlement on Hinchinbrook Island, circa 1885.]
Petersburg, Alaska Petersburg, Alaska [buildings on waterfront, looking south, 1910-1915.] (Cheney & Johnston, #P 207)
Russian Mission, Alaska [Russian Mission, Alaska, circa 1910. From: Alaska-Yukon Magazine, November 1910.]
Seward, Alaska

Image 1 Seward, Alaska [from dock with businesses on either side including Alaska Transfer Office.]
Image 2 View of Seward, Alaska, circa 1911. [Dock scene showing waterfront buildings and beyond.]

Sitka, Alaska

Image 1 [Baranov's Castle, Sitka; Alaska close-up view, circa 1890. The Castle was destroyed by fire on March 17, 1894.]
Image 2 [Sitka, Alaska from water with Baranov's Castle on left, circa 1886.]
Image 3 [Drawing of establishment of the Russian-American Company at Norfolk, Sitka Sound, Alaska, 1805.] From: Langsdorff, G.H. von, Voyages and Travels in Various parts of the world, during the years 1803-1807.
Image 4 Sitka in 1805 [drawing of ships in harbor, buildings beyond.] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…
Image 5 [Photographs of four watercolor paintings of Sitka, Alaska, circa 1860.]
Image 6 [Drawing of wooden building in Sitka; Alaska (said to be the first school).]

Skagway, Alaska

Image 1 [Unloading freight at Dyea, Alaska from barges and steamboat Rapid Transit of Tacoma, Washington, circa 1897.]
Image 2 [Dyea, Alaska harbor; 1897. Tents onshore, boats and horse drawn wagons in water.] (Winter and Pond.)

Sukkwan, Alaska [Buildings and totems in Haida village on Sukkwan Island; Alaska village later abandoned.]
Sunrise, Alaska Sunrise; Alaska. A former mining camp on the Kenai Peninsula, circa 1909.
Susitna, Alaska Susitna Station, Alaska. [people on landing at Alaska Commercial Company on Susitna River, circa 1909.]
Treadwell, Alaska (4 pt. Panorama includes Douglas)

Image 1 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]
Image 2 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]
Image 3 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]
Image 4 [Four part panorama of Treadwell and Douglas Island taken from Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, circa 1900.]

Unalaska, Alaska

Image 1 [Engraving of Unalaska, circa 1785-93; ships in harbor; Aleuts on shore. From: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich. Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean compiled in sheets by the Imperial Navy Department from the latest reports and maps, 1826.]
Image 2 [Engraving of Unalaska, Alaska settlement with ship in harbor; people in small boats.] From: Langsdorff, G.H. von, Voyages and Travels in Various parts of the world, during the years 1803-1807.

Valdez, Alaska

Image 1 [Winter view of Valdez, Alaska, 1900.]
Image 2 Stage of the Ed. S. Orr State Co. in front of their office in Valdez [Alaska] ready to start for Fairbanks a distance of 364 Miles, which is usually made in eight days, circa 1905.
Image 3 [Two views of Valdez-Fairbanks Wagon Road; north of Teikhell and Keystone Canyon, Alaska, circa 1910.]

Wrangell, Alaska Wrangell, Alaska 1905. [town and harbor from t. Dewey Hill.] (W.H. Case, #349.)

FISHING

Building a Fish Trap Building a trap. [Unloading fish to a boat, circa 1917.]

Canned Salmon [Stacked cans of salmon in a cannery, circa 1911.] From: Alaska-Yukon Magazine, June 1911.

Cannery Interior [Interior of salmon cannery with cutting tables and stacked cans, circa 1911.]

Cannery Ships

Image 1 [Eagle Harbor, Seattle area. Row of cannery ships anchored; small boat in foreground, circa 1911.]

Image 2 [Unidentified ship used as a cannery vessel.]

Cannery Tender [Cannery Tender (fishing vessel) with barge loaded with salmon.]

Dipnetting [Dipnetting on the Copper River. A man with a large net catching fish, no date.]

Fish Trap [Close-up view of floating fish trap, circa 1917.]

Fish Wheel [Fish wheel (trap) on the Yukon River, Alaska, circa 1917. Fish traps were outlawed in Alaska in the 1930’s.]

Hoonah Cannery [Hoonah, Alaska. Cannery buildings, 1917.]

Karluk Cannery [Karluk Cannery, Kodiak Island, Alaska, circa 1906.] From: Pacific Marine Review, 1906.

Salmon Label [Label: “Family Brand” canned salmon of North Pacific Trading and Packing Co., Klawock, Alaska.]

Salmon Weir Salmon Rack Across Wood River, Alaska. [trap at Wood River, Bristol Bay area, Alaska, circa 1917.]

Santa Ana Cannery [Santa Ana Cannery near Wrangell, Alaska [waterfront view, 1917.]

Seiner [Salmon fish seiner with floats and a net in water, circa 1917.]

Unloading Salmon [Close-up of men unloading salmon from a barge.]

Whaling [Close-up view of docked steam whalers, circa 1911.]

GOLD MINING

Klondike Rush

Camp in Yukon [Man and woman in front of tent in the Yukon, 1898.]

Dawson, Yukon Territory (Canada) [Dawson, Yukon Territory waterfront, 1897.]

Dyea

Image 1 [Crowd of miners and their supplies on Dyea beach starting for Klondike.]

Image 2 [Men, mules and horses traveling across the Dyea, Alaska flats, Brackett's Trading Post, 1898.]

Dyea Trail

Image 1 [Group of men witnessing the flogging of a thief on the Dyea, Trail, 1898.]

Image 2 Sheep Creek on the Chilkoot Trail [tents and buildings, probably spring of 1898.]

Image 3 [Dog team with sled and two men on snowy Dyea Trail.] (Winter and Pond.)

Image 4 [Men using logs to haul themselves and supplies up a snowy incline.] (Winter and Pond.)

Image 5 [Men and women pulling sleds on Dyea Trail.] (Winter and Pond.)

Chilkoot Pass

Image 1 Snow slide on Chilkoot Trail, April 3, 1898 [half buried men and supplies on mountain slope.]

Image 2 [Four men around loaded sled with other men and Chilkoot Pass beyond, 1887.] (Winter and Pond.)

Image 3 [Stereo photo of gold seekers crossing Chilkoot Pass on Dyea Trail.]

Image 4 [Gold seekers crossing Chilkoot Pass on Dyea Trail; tramway tower on right.] (Winter and Pond.)

Juneau [Five men pulling two loaded sleds-leaving Juneau, Alaska for Dyea and the Klondike; snowy ground and houses in background.]

Rafts on Yukon

Image 1 [Chief Isaac Johnson and boys on river in Yukon River area; three men in two birch wood canoes.]

Image 2 [Rafts loaded with men and supplies traveling the Yukon River during Klondike Gold rush.]

Tent City, Lake Lindeman, B.C. (Canada) [Lake Lindeman tent city, 1897 [rows of tents, foreground; lake beyond.]

White Pass on Skagway Trail [Screened print of gold seekers crossing White Pass on Skagway Trail; snow covered terrain.]

Nome Area

Beach Mining

Image 1 [Sluice boxes and miners on Anvil Creek near Nome.] From: French, L.W., Seward's Land of Gold.

Image 2 [Gold miners using rockers to wash sand when gold mining on the Nome beach, circa 1900.] From: French, L.W., Seward's Land of Gold.

Image 3 [Composite picture showing men operating sluice boxes near a beach, probably Nome, Alaska, circa 1900.]

Moving a Dredge [Dredge being moved over ice by teams of horses; Nome River, Alaska. 1911.]

Placer Mining [Wintertime scene of mounds of gold-bearing sand; Cleary Creek, Alaska (near Fairbanks).]

Fairbanks Area

Gold Dredge [A gold dredge in water; mountains behind.]

Placer Mining [Wintertime scene of mounds of gold-bearing sand; Cleary Creek, Alaska (near Fairbanks).]

Gold

Bullion [Stacked gold bullion worth $1,200,000.]
Nuggets

Image 1 [Two men wearing fur coats and brimmed hats holding large gold nuggets.]
Image 2 [Close up of six large gold nuggets.]

Juneau-Douglas Area

Perseverance Mine Alaska Perseverance Gold Mine, Silver Bow Basin, Alaska, circa 1913. [Birds-eye view of mining operation.]
Treadwell Mine Treadwell Mine #9 Pitt (sic) Glory Hole [Alaska]. [birds-eye of the mine pit.] (#35, Case and Draper.)

INDUSTRY

Copper Mining (Bonanza Mine at Kennecott)

Image 1 The Great Bonanza Copper Mine. Kennicott (sic) and the New Mill of the Bonanza Mine [“new” reduction mill on left which handled ore from area copper mines, circa 1912.]
Image 2 [Buildings of the Bonanza Mine, Kennecott Mining group.]

Fur Trade

Killing Seals on St. Paul Island “The killing-gang at work.” [sketch of fur-seal slaughter and harvest, St. Paul Island, Alaska.]
Sea Otter Sea otter [sketch of a sea otter on beach.] From: Cook, James A. (Captain) 1728-1779, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…
Russian Traders [Drawing of two traders holding a fish; probably Russian and English; ship and seals on left]

Oil Well at Katalla Well No. 1, Amal. Dev. Co. Katalla, Alaska [two men on wooden tower of Amalgamated Development Company.] circa 1910.

LANDSCAPES

Coal Harbour Area

Image 1 A View in Coal Harbor in Cook's River [engraving of a sailing ship, left; shoreline on right. Harbor now called Port Graham.] From: Portlock, Nathaniel, A Voyage Round the World…1789.]

Image 2 A View of the Volcano, Cook's River; taken from Coal Harbor [engraving of Augustine Island from Port Graham.] Dixon, George, A Voyage Round the World…London: 1789.

Goulding's Harbor A view in Gouldings Harbor, Northwest Coast of America [drawing of houses on beach; men pulling skiff up beach.] From: Portlock, Nathaniel, A Voyage Round the World…1789.

Kotzebue Sound The Icebergs of Kotzebue Sound. [Ornate engraving of icebergs and several men on the ice.] From: Kotzebue, Otto von, A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s (sic) Straits, for the purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, London, 1821.

Kayak Island

Image 1 [Three views of Kayak Island, Alaska. This island, it is believed, was the one Vitus Bering saw and named Saint Elias in 1741.]

Image 2 [Set of three photos showing southeast side of Kayak Island, Cape St. Elias and Pinnacle Rock, and western shore of Kayak Island.] From: Golder, Frank Alfred, Bering’s Voyages...

Mt. Wrangell [Drawing of Mount Wrangell; boats and water, foreground.] From: Allen, Lieutenant Henry T., Report of an Expedition to the Copper, Tanana , and Koyukuk Rivers, in the Territory of Alaska, in the year 1885…

Prince William Sound Looking Back at the end of the Ramparts [Alaska]. [Engraving of Yukon River and people onshore.]

MISCELLANEOUS

Avatcha Bay

Image 1 [Two engravings; top view: harbor of St. Peter and St. Paul, Avacha Bay showing two ships and surrounding settlement, bottom view: Ochatsky Harbor, 1769, showing ship anchored in front of settlement.]

Image 2 [Drawing of naturalist G.W. Steller of Avacha Bay, circa 1741.]

Captain Cook's Death The Death of Captain Cook [drawing by J. Webber showing crowd of men with weapons on shore; men in boat at left.] From: Cook, James A. (Captain) 1728-1779, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…

Certificate of Trustees of American Russian Commercial Company

Image 1 Certificate of Trustees [corporation certificate, trustees of American Russian Commercial Company, April 25, 1853.]

Image 2 Certificate of Trustees [corporation certificate, trustees of American Russian Commercial Company, April 25, 1853.]

Fur Seal, Sea Lion, and Sea Cow [Drawing of a fur seal, sea lion and sea cow on Waxel’s chart of Bering's voyage. 1741.] From: Golder, Frank Alfred, Bering’s Voyages...

Letter from Russian American Colonies to China about Ice Shipments [Letter from Russian American Colonies to China about shipments of ice; August 9, 1858.]

Moose with Jack Carr

Image 1 [Jack Carr between two moose, no date.]

Image 2 “Saying their prayers” [two moose with forelegs bent and heads together, no date.]

Image 3 [Trained for racing; Jack Carr of Kodiak, Alaska and his trained moose, no date.]

Image 4 [Jack Carr in two wheeled cart pulled by a moose.]

Image 5 [Trained moose with Jack Carr of Kodiak, Alaska, no date.]

Ochatsky Harbor [Two engravings; top view: harbor of St. Peter and St. Paul, Avacha Bay showing two ships and surrounding settlement, bottom view: Ochatsky Harbor, 1769, showing ship anchored in front of settlement.]

Russian Artifacts [Russian crest and sword.] From: Alaska State Museum Collection.

Russian Traders [Drawing of two traders holding a fish; probably Russian and English; ship and seals on left]

Sea Otters [Drawing by Bob Hines of four sea otters on rocks and in the water.]

Statehood Edition of Anchorage Daily Times “Ike Says: ‘You're In Now.’" [Newspaper headline in statehood edition of Anchorage Times", Jan. 2, 1959.]

NATIVE CULTURES

Aleuts

Aleuts in Baidarkas [Sketches of two Baidarkas (skin boats); top shows Aleut man with spear, bottom shows three Aleuts rowing.] From: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean compiled in sheets by the Imperial Navy Department from the latest reports and maps, 1826.

Man of Kodiak Man of Kodiak [drawing]. From: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean compiled in sheets by the Imperial Navy Department from the latest reports and maps, 1826.

Woman of Kodiak Woman of Kodiak [drawing]. From: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich,. Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean compiled in sheets by the Imperial Navy Department from the latest reports and maps, 1826.

Woman of Oonalaska A Woman of Oonalaska (sic) [engraved portrait by John Webber of Aleut woman with tattooed face and linked nose labret.] From: Cook, James A. (Captain) 1728-1779, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…

Athapascan

Birchbark Canoes [Chief Isaac Johnson and boys on river in Yukon River area; three men in two birch wood canoes.]

Cache on the Copper River [Drawing of a cache and sled, with sled leaning against cache; Midnovsky Indians, Copper River, Alaska.] From: Allen, Lieutenant Henry T., Report of an Expedition to the Copper, Tanana, and Koyukuk Rivers, in the Territory of Alaska, in the year 1885…]

Indians near Taral [Copper River Indian family beside small tent; one mile above Taral, Alaska.]From: Abercrombie, Captain W.R., Reports of Explorations in the Territory of Alaska...]

Midnoosky House [Drawing of a large tent with an Athapascan Indian family in front.] From: Allen, Lieutenant Henry T., Report of an Expedition to the Copper, Tanana, and Koyukuk Rivers, in the Territory of Alaska, in the year 1885…

Village on Copper River [Drawing of a large tent and five people at the village of Taral, Alaska on the Copper River.] From: Allen, Lieutenant Henry T., Report of an Expedition to the Copper, Tanana, and Koyukuk Rivers, in the Territory of Alaska, in the year 1885…]

Eskimos

Bird Skin Frock [Eskimo bird skin coat for a man with attached feathers.] From: Alaska State Museum Collection.

Coast near Cape Thomson Natives of the coast near Cape Thompson [two drawings: head and shoulders sketches of four people and a sketch of people in a small boat,] From Beechey, Frederick William, Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s (sic) Strait…, London 1831.

Fish Skin Frock [Eskimo fish skin coat for a man.] From: Alaska State Museum Collection

Kotzebue Sound Portraits of inhabitants of Kotzebue Sound, from: Kotzebue, Otto von, A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s (sic) Straits, for the purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, London, 1821.

Man from Prince William Sound A Man of Prince William Sound [engraved portrait by John Webber of mustached man wearing a decorated hat with an ornamental nose piece.]From: Cook, James A. (Captain) 1728-1779, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean….

Oomiak [An Eskimo oomiak (skin boat), with a mast for a square sail. This boat is made of split walrus hide.]

Woman of Prince William Sound A Woman of Prince William Sound [head and shoulders etching showing a woman with nose ornament, earrings and lip labrets.] From: Cook, James A. (Captain) 1728-1779, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…

Tlingits

Artifacts

Image 1 [Sketches of Tlingit masks, halibut hook, and other artifacts.] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…]

Image 2 [Sketches of Haida and Tlingit artifacts including dishes and daggers.] From Dixon, George, A Voyage Round the World…London: 1789.]

Camp - Lituya Bay Fishing establishment of the Inhabitants of the Port des Francais (Lituya Bay), circa 1785 [sketch of Tlingits, tents, boat and drying lines]. From: de La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788.

Chief Shakes House

Image 1 [Interior of Tlingit Chief Shakes House at Wrangell, Alaska showing masks, costumes and wall hangings.]

Image 2 [Close up of exterior of Tlingit Chief Shake’s house and totem poles at Wrangell, Alaska, circa 1908.]

Clothing - Lithuya Bay Dress of the inhabitants of Port des Francais (Lituya Bay), 1785-88. (Sketch of seven people in front of a makeshift building.] From: La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788.

Costume - Sitka Potlach [Three Tlingit Indians in dance regalia at the 1904 Potlatch in Sitka, Alaska.]

Dwelling - Cape Fox

Image 1 [Interior of a Tlingit dwelling, Cape Fox Village, Alaska, 1899.]

Image 2 [Exterior of the Tlingit Chief's house, Cape Fox Village, Alaska, 1899.]

Fort at Sitka [Drawing of plan and elevation of a fort at Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…]

Graves - Yakutat [Drawing of Tlingit funeral monuments, Port Mulgrave (Yakutat)] From: Malaspina, Allesandro, Viaje

Image 1

Image 2

Politico-Scientifico Alrededor del Mundo por las corbetas…1889-1794.]

Totems

Image 1 [Full length view of Sun Raven Pole, Ketchikan, Alaska.]

Image 2 [Seated figure at top of totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, circa 1922.]

Image 3 Totem at Fort Wrangell, Alaska, 1899.

Image 4 [A pair of totems in front of Ft. Wrangell house, 1899.]

Image 5 [Totem in center; interior of house, Cape Fox Village, 1899.]

TRANSPORTATION

Alaska Railroad

Image 1 [Engine of Alaska Railroad on Eska Creek Spur, March 1917.] (P.S. Hunt, AEC #G388.)

Image 2 [President Warren G. Harding driving the “Golden Spike” on the Alaska Railroad at Nenana, Alaska, July 1923.]

The Bear - (Ship)

Image 1 [U.S.R.C. BEAR (ship) surrounded by ice; small ship on right.]

Image 2 [U.S.R.C. BEAR (ship) sinking in rough waters; rescue ship in foreground.]

Cannery Ships

Image 1 [Eagle Harbor, Seattle area. Row of cannery ships anchored; small boat in foreground, circa 1911.]

Image 2 [Unidentified ship used as a cannery vessel.]

Chitina Cut - off Road [Four people in a horse-drawn sleigh, leaving Chitina, Alaska, circa 1908.]

Copper River and Northwestern Railroad

Image 1 [Camp scene during the construction of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway, Alaska, circa 1908.] (Kennedy, photographer)

Image 2 Getting supplies to the front from the Copper River Crossing at Miles Glacier [men and supplies, left; unfinished bridge beyond.] (E.A. Hegg, photographer)

GJOA - Roald Amundsen's ship [Gjoa, sailing ship of Roald Amundsen, Arctic explorer.] (Nowell.)

Mules and Horses

Image 1 [Group of men in horse-drawn wagon and on street watching man with harnessed donkey.]

Image 2 [Pack train of horses with drivers on snowy path; mountains beyond.]

The Portland (Ship) [S.S. PORTLAND (ship) port side; nicknamed "Gold Ship."]

PORTRAITS

The photographs of individuals are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by reference to occupations.

Abercrombie, W. R. [W.R. Abercrombie standing in Valdez garden during the 1899 Copper River (Alaska) Expedition.]
Bering, Vitus [Head and shoulders portrait of Vitus Bering; Danish seafarer in Russian service; explorer. He commanded an expedition to Alaska in 1725, by order of Russian Emperor Peter I. This is a faded image.]
Bodisco [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Chew, Robert S. [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Bone, Scott C. [Official portrait of Scott C. Bone, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-1925.]
Brady, John G. [Official portrait of John G. Brady, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1897-1906.]
Brynteson, John Discoverers of the Nome Gold Fields in 1898: John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, and E.O. Lindblom [also called "The Lucky Swedes." Individual head shots.]
Catherine II [Portrait of Catherine II (Catherine the Great), Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.]
Chirikov, Alexei [Head and shoulders drawing of Aleksei Chirikov, naval officer and second in command under Vitus Bering, 1728.]
Clark, Walter E. [Official portrait of Walter E. Clark, Territorial Governor, of Alaska, 1909-1913.]

Collins, Ernest B. [Head shot of Earnest B. Collins, first Speaker of Alaska Territorial House of Representatives, 1913.]

Cook, Captain James [Head shot, engraved portrait of Captain James Cook. English explorer in Alaska, 1778.]
Cygnaeus, Uno [Head shot of Uno Cygnaeus, Finnish pastor, scholar and founder of the first Evangelical Lutheran church on the west coast of North American at Sitka, Alaska in 1839.]
Duncan, William [Full length portrait of Father William Duncan next to a fireplace; founder of Metlakatla, Alaska.]
First Territorial House of Representatives, 1913 First Territorial House of Representatives, March 1913 at the Elks Hall, Juneau, Alaska.
First Territorial Senate, 1913 First Territorial Senate, Elks Hall, Juneau. March 1913.
Gruening, Ernest [Official portrait of Ernest Gruening, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1939-53.
Heintzleman, B. Frank [Head shot of Frank B. Heintzelman, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1953-57.]
Hoggatt, Wilford B. [Official portrait of Wilford B. Hoggatt, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1906-09.]
Hunter, William [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Innokentii, Metropolitan of Moscow [Portrait of Veniaminov, Ivan (Ioann) (Innokentii), Metropolitan of Moscow, 1797-1879. Russian Orthodox priest, archbishop and scholar.]
Juneau, Joseph [Head shot of Joseph Juneau, co-founder of Juneau, Alaska.]
Kinkead, John H. Official portrait of John H. Kinkead, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1884-1885.]
Knapp, Lyman [Official portrait of Lyman E. Knapp, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1889-1893.
Krusenstern, A. J. [Head and shoulders engraved portrait of Admiral Adam J. von Krusenstern, the first Russian circumnavigator, 1803-1804.]
Kuskov, Ivan [Half length portrait of Ivan Kuskov, Russian American Company employee, assistant to Alexander Baranov and founder of Fort Ross, California in 1812.]
Langsdorf, G. H. [Head and shoulders engraved portrait of the German born physician and traveler, G.H. Langsdorff, who worked for the Russian American Company and accompanied Rezanof to California in 1806-1807.]
Lindbloom, John Discoverers of the Nome Gold Fields in 1898: John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, and E.O. Lindblom [also called "The Lucky Swedes." Individual head shots.]
Lindeberg, Jafet Discoverers of the Nome Gold Fields in 1898: John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, and E.O. Lindblom [also called "The Lucky Swedes." Individual head shots.]
Lisianski, Urey [Engraving of Urey Lisiansky, Russian navigator; captain of ship Neva that visited Sitka in 1804.
Maksoutoff, Dimitri [Full length portrait of Prince Dimitri Maksoutoff in army uniform. Last Russian Governor of Russian America from 1864-1867.]
Maksoutoff, Mrs. [Full length portrait of Princess Maksoutoff, wife of last Russian Governor of Russian America from 1864-1867.]
Malaspina, Alessandro [Right profile of Alessandro de Malaspina, Italian sea captain in service for Spain.]
Parks, George A. [Official portrait of George A. Parks, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1925-1933.]
Pedro, Felix [Head shot of Felix Pedro, discoverer of gold in Fairbanks area in 1902.]
Portlock, Nathanael [Head shot of Captain Portlock, English sea captain in Alaska, 1789.]
Rezanoff, Nicholas [Half length, full face portrait of Nicholas Rezanof, a founder of the Russian American-Company in 1797.]
Richardson, Wilds P. [Head shot of Wilds P. Richardson; army officer and President of the Alaska Road Commission, 1905-1917.]
Riggs, Thomas A. [Official portrait of Thomas A. Riggs, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-1921.]
Seward, Frederick W. [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Seward, William H. [Engraving of William H. Seward who negotiated the Alaska purchase in 1867.]
Sheakley, James [Official portrait of James Sheakley, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1893-1897.]
Shelikhov, G. I. [Engraving of G.I. Shelikhov, colonizer of Russian America (Alaska) and head of Shelikhov-Golikov Co.]
Signing the Treaty of Cessation, 1867 [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Stoeckl, Baron de [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Strong, John F. A. [Official portrait of John F.A. Strong, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1913-1918.]
Sumner, Charles [Print of the signing of treaty of cessation, March 30, 1867. From the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.]
Swedes, The Lucky Discoverers of the Nome Gold Fields in 1898: John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, and E.O. Lindblom [also called "The Lucky Swedes." Individual head shots.]
Swineford, Alfred P. [Official portrait of Alfred P. Swineford, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1885-1889.]
Troy, W. John [Official portrait of John W. Troy, Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-1939.]
Vancouver, George [Captain George Vancouver, English naval officer and expedition leader to Alaska, 1793-1794. Painting by Lemuel Abbott.]
Wickersham, James [Head shot of James Wickersham, district judge and delegate to Congress, 1909-1933.]
Wrangell, Baron F. P. [Head and shoulders engraved portrait of Baron F.P. Wrangell, Alaskan manager of Russian-American Co., 1830-1835.]

MAPS

Alaska shown as a Russian Possession [Map of Alaska, Canada, and northern part of United States, 1869.] From: James, James Alton, The First Scientific Exploration of Russian America and the Purchase of Alaska, 1942.

Bering Island Track of the vessel ST. PETER on approaching Bering Island, Nov. 4-5, 1841 [drawing of Bering and Copper Island by L. Stejnegar.] From: Golder, Frank Alfred, Bering’s Voyages..

Bering Straits [Chart of Bering Straits, Aug. 1816.]

Bering's Voyage Bering’s Voyage, 1741. From Laut, Agnes “The Discoverer of Alaska.” In Leslie’s Monthly Magazine, p. 363-375, v. 59, no. 4. February 1905. Map by George Davidson, U.S. Coast Survey, tracing course of ships ST. PETER and ST. PAUL from June - October, 1741.

China, East coast and Pacific Ocean [Early map of east coast of China.]

Cook's Voyage Chart of N.W. Coast of North America and N.E. Coast of Asia Explored in the Years 1778-1779 [map includes area from Washington State to the Okhotsk Sea.] From: Dale, Paul, Seventy North to Fifty South; the story of Captain Cook’s last voyage..., 1969.

Gold and Coal Fields of Alaska The Gold and Coal Fields of Alaska [map showing locations.] U.S. Geographical Survey. 1898.

Iditarod Placer Fields Map of Iditarod Placer Fields, Alaska. [Iditarod River, left and foreground; Porphyry Dike, center, right, circa 1910.]

Kamtschatka (Kamchatka)

Image 1 Map of Kamtschatka, 1764. [and surrounding area.] From: Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich. The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the countries adjacent... London: 1764.

Image 2 [Section of 1758 map showing the area of Kamchatka Peninsula.]

Kayak Island [Kayak Island. Khitrov's sketch of Kayak Island and surrounding area.] From: Golder, Frank Alfred, Bering’s Voyages..

Kotzebue Sound [Early map of Kotzebue Sound area.]

La Perouse

Image 1 [Map of Northwest Coast of America from California to Cook Inlet.] From: La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788.

Image 2 [Map of Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet.] From: La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788.

Image 3 [Map of coast of Southeast Alaska.] From: La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788.

Lisiansky

Image 1 [Drawing of plan and elevation of a fort at Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…]

Image 2 [Chart of the world tracing the route of the NEVA (ship).] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…

Image 3 Island of Cadiack (sic) with its Environs, 1805 [map of Kodiak and surrounding islands.] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…

Image 4 Harbor of St. Paul, 1805 [map of Kodiak City area and nearby islands.] Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06….

Image 5 Sitka or Norfolk Sound, Alaska. Surveyed by Captain Lisiansky, 1805. [map of Sitka, Alaska and area.] From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, A Voyage Round the World, in they years 1803-06…

Northwest coast of North America [Map of Northwest Coast of America showing Russian Discoveries.]

Pacific Coast, United States [Early map of west coast of U.S. with Russian captions.]

Tebenkov

Image 1 [Map of Bering Straits showing eastern Siberia and western Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852. (Kozma Terentov, engraver.)

Image 2 [Map of Bering Sea showing Alaska coastline and Nunivak Island.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 3 [Map of Bristol Bay area , Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 4 [Map of Cook Inlet, Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 5 [Map of Prince William Sound, Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 6 [Map of Yakutat, Alaska (area).] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 7 [Map of Southeast Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 8 [Map of Southeast Alaska, southern part ] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 9 [Map of a portion of Washington and Oregon Coast.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 10 [Map of Kodiak Island, Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 11 [Map of the East coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska with insert of Kodiak town.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 12 [Map of area which is now town of Kodiak, Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 13 [Map showing coast of Kamchatka Peninsula.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 14 [Map of Avacha Bay on Kamchatka Peninsula.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 15 [Map of Petropavlovsk, settlement on Avacha Bay, Kamchatka Peninsula.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 16 [Map of Sitka Sound, Alaska.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Image 17 [Map of Sitka, Alaska and adjacent islands.] From: Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands...1852.

Territory Ceded to the U.S. by Russia [Map of Territory (Alaska) ceded to the United States by Russia.] By: U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1867.

Vancouver Voyage

Image 1 [Map of northwest coast of North America showing the route of Vancouver's ships DISCOVERY and CHATHAM.] From: Vancouver, George, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world...1790-95.

Image 2 [Detailed map of Cook Inlet, Alaska.] From: Vancouver, George, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world...1790-95.

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