557 results for: Alaska
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Angokwakzhuk and family, Nome, Alaska, 1905
In this 1905 photo, the Inupiat carver Angokwakzhuk (known as Happy Jack) stands next to his wife, Assongoyi, and daughter, Rose Ann Omelak, near a wooden building in Nome, Alaska. All three wear traditional fur parkas with fur-rimmed hoods.During the Nome gold rush, in the early years of the 20th century, Frank H. Nowell, a Seattle photographer, spent several years…
ID Number:1983.10.13161
Date:1905
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Herd of reindeer at Port Clarence, Alaska, 1900
Beginning in 1892, the United States government brought reindeer from Asia and Europe into Alaska as a new food source for the Native Peoples. The idea was to replace hunting with herding, particularly after newly arrived gold miners had killed so much of the local game.This 1900 photo by Eric Hegg shows a herd of reindeer near Port Clarence, on…
ID Number:1983.10.13163
Date:1900
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Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898
Some of the people rushing to the Klondike gold fields went by ship to Dyea, Alaska, and continued into Canada on foot by way of Chilkoot Pass. The Canadian government required each person to bring enough food and equipment to last a year. This generally weighed a thousand pounds or more, and it took several trips to carry it over…
ID Number:1983.10.13188
Date:Circa 1898
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Kenworth Touring Motor Coach, Seattle, circa 1937
Kenworth Truck Company, now a subsidiary of Paccar, has been manufacturing medium and heavy-duty trucks near Seattle since 1916. The company also made fire trucks, and transit and school buses. In 1937 and 1938 Kenworth built five Kenworth Touring Motor Coaches. As of 2009, three of those are still in existence -- one in Sitka, Alaska; one in Montana; and…
ID Number:1983.10.13738
Date:Circa 1937
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Ferry Kalakala, Seattle, 1946
The ferry "Kalakala" began service in 1935. Its streamlined design made it internationally famous and popular with visitors and residents alike. The ferry made six daily runs between Seattle and Bremerton, and made summer evening excursions around Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the ferry vibrated badly; it was difficult to handle and expensive to repair. Service ended in 1967, and the ferry…
ID Number:1983.10.16251.2
Date:1946
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Ferry "Kalakala" on Seattle waterfront, July 5, 1935
The ferry "Kalakala" began service in 1935. Its streamlined design made it internationally famous and popular with visitors and residents alike. The ferry made six daily runs between Seattle and Bremerton, and made summer evening excursions around Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the ferry vibrated badly; it was difficult to handle and expensive to repair. Service ended in 1967, and the ferry…
ID Number:1983.10.17698.2
Date:1935
Cartographic material
New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899
Gold was discovered in the Nome, Alaska, area in 1898, drawing prospectors from the Klondike and other goldfields. More miners poured in when gold was discovered in Nome’s beach sands. To meet the needs of prospectors, D.A. Macdonald used 1897 and 1898 information to publish a map of the new mining districts of northwestern Alaska in 1899.The map includes information…
ID Number:1983.35.7
Date:1899
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View of Kingdome exterior, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.102
Date:1983
Cartographic material
Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Plate 12, 1908
The G. William Baist Company of Philadelphia produced real estate and insurance maps of over twenty different cities across the United States between the 1880s and 1967. The company published atlases in Seattle in 1905, 1908, and 1912, illustrating property ownership, building materials and improvements, and transportation routes.This map, labeled Plate 12, was separated from the atlas, and shows the…
ID Number:1985.4.13
Date:1908
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Horace W. (H.W.) McCurdy, April 25, 1985
This interview was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 25, 1985. H.W. McCurdy built Naval bases in Alaska and ships in Seattle during the 1930s, and in this interview he talks of the trials of running his business prior to and during World War II. He discusses being under attack from…
ID Number:1985.134.13
Date:1985