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Wharf and Waterfront

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Description: Men and women stand on the pier at the wharf and waterfront. Buildings are visible in the distance.
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First Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of First Avenue, the main street in town. The area is home to the O.K. Lodging House, Denver Bar, and other restaurants and stores. Published...
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First Avenue

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Description: View of First Avenue, the main street in town. Stores, restaurants, and lodging houses stand on either side of the street. Snow-covered mountains rise in t...
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Gold Pack Train

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Description: View of a gold pack train outside Washington Alaska Bank and Bleary Meat Market. Published by Chisholm & Hall, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Front Street

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Description: View down Front Street in the business district. Hotel Revilla, which burned in 1924, stands at the right. Men walk past stores on the left.
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Front Street

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Description: View down Front Street, in the business district. Tanana Commercial Company, established in 1880, can be seen at left among other shops and restaurants.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street in the business section looking toward St. Michael's Cathedral. The Russian Orthodox church was constructed between 1844 and 1848.
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Winter Street Scene

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Description: View down a snow-covered street during winter. A man stands on a snow bank outside of shops and other small businesses at right.
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Residence and Garden on First Avenue

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Description: A man sits outside his home on First Avenue. A path leads through the garden to the front door.
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Waterfront

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Description: General view of the city's shoreline featuring a ship moored at the main pier.
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View from Harbor

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Description: View of the wharf and city from the harbor. Men stand on the main pier beside warehouses.
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Native Americans Roadside Market

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Description: View of a market near a road. Native Americans sell baskets and curios to men and women wearing hats and long coats.
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Metlakahtla Brass Band

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Description: View of the Metlakahtla Brass Band as they perform in a circular formation around the conductor. Another group of women and girls stands to the left. Spect...
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Hyde's Farmhouse

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Description: Two men stand outside Hyde's farmhouse on Chena Slough.
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Sour Dough Cabin

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Description: Exterior of a cabin with its occupants posed in the doorway. One of the men is holding a dog and smoking a pipe.
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Eskimo Automobile Transfer Company

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Description: Side view of an a large group of people in an automobile from the Eskimo Automobile Transfer Company heading toward Cape Prince of Wales and Kotzebue Sound...
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Splitting Wood

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Trials of Pioneers Bring Families Closer Together." Original caption reads, in part: "Families are knit more closely...
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Arville Schaleben Standing Near Construction

Date: 07 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben, with a camera case strung over his shoulders and a mosquito net on his hat is standing near workers who are constructing a log building....
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Two Men and a Dog

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are sitting along a fence, and a large dog is lying near them. There is a building in the background. Caption on back of print reads: "May/June 103...
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Harold Davis

Date: 06 03 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Harold Davis, who had bad experience in Alaska and became influential as a colonist among the pioneers." He is standing outdoors, ...

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