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Golden Spike Ceremony

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Description: A crowd gathers as a golden stake is driven as a part of a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Tanana Valley Railroad. Caption reads: "Driving Gold...
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Mail and Passenger Stage

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Description: View of a horse-drawn sleigh used as a mail and passenger stage between Tanana and Fairbanks. Writing on sleigh reads: "Tanana-Fairbanks Stage" Caption rea...
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Derrick Platform Transport

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Description: View of passengers disembarking from a lighter by means of a platform suspended from a derrick in the water near Nome. Caption reads: "Leaving for their ha...
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National Parks Advisory Board

Date: 1965
Description: Members of the National Parks Advisory Board in Alaska with Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (second from the left). Others, left to right, are Sig...
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Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
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Madonna in the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel

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Description: View of a painting of the Madonna and Son, attributed to Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1758-1826). The painting belongs to the Cathedral of Saint Michael t...
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Tourists on Muir Glacier

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Description: View of a tourist group on Muir Glacier near a ravine. Caption reads: "Tourists on Muir Glacier, Alaska."
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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: 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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Residence of J.W. Brown

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Description: A woman stands near the porch of J.W. Brown's residence and garden.
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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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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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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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Out on the Bering Sea

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Description: View of a dogsled with a female passenger, with the driver posed on a large formation behind her..
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Tanana and Fairbanks Stage

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Description: Side view of a horse-drawn sleigh used as a mail and passenger stage between Tanana and Fairbanks.
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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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Eskimo Bride and Groom

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Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of an Esquimeaux (Eskimo) bride and groom. They are wearing native clothing made from cloth and animal skins and are standing ...
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Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon...
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Mrs. Bud Holler

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Wives of Alaskan Pioneers Kept Busy Sewing, Making Tent Homes Neat and Clean." Original caption reads: "Mrs. Bud Hol...

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