584 results for: Alaska
Ephemera
Alaska Steamship Company brochure, circa 1925
The Alaska Steamship Company was formed in 1894, initially to ship passengers and fishing products between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The company was able to quickly expand service to the Yukon during the 1896-1899 gold rush, and the company prospered until World War II, when the government took over the company's ships.The brochure pictured here is in the shape…
ID Number:2018.3.3.119
Date:Circa 1925
Cartographic material
Official Ground Plan of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909 on what is now the main University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Fair promoters distributed this detailed “Official Ground Plan” of the fairgrounds. Fairgoers could visit the Mines,…
ID Number:2018.3.8.2
Date:1909
Music, notated
Seattle Exposition March
The music and lyrics for "Seattle Exposition March," were written by J. A. Bennett and published by Victor Kremer Co. The song was one of many written for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (or A.Y.P.E.), a world's fair held in 1909 on the campus of Seattle's University of Washington to publicize the development of the Pacific Northwest. Caption information source: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition…
ID Number:2018.3.2.6
Date:1908
Music, notated
Mother Did from The Alaskan
Seattle landmark The Moore Theatre, the city's oldest still-active theater, opened on December 28, 1907, to a crowd of nearly 3,000. The first show, "The Alaskan," was a comic opera about prospecting during the Klondike Gold Rush, and featured falling snow, sled dogs, and 13 singing totem poles. This song "Mother Did" was one of several in the opera.Joseph Blethen,…
ID Number:2018.3.2.7
Date:1907
Ephemera
AYPE monthly pass in a handmade holder, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle to publicize the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were located on the campus of the University of Washington (UW) and were open from June 1, 1909, to October 16, 1909. Several of the buildings and the landscaping survive, continuing to shape the layout of the campus.The monthly…
ID Number:2018.35.1
Date:1909
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Allison and David (Guy) Demmert, November 6, 2015
Interview with commercial fisherman David (Guy) and Allison Demmert conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fisherman Oral History Project on November 6, 2015. In the interview, the Demmert's discuss their careers fishing along the West Coast and in Southeast Alaska. Guy Demmert is a seine captain and Allison Demmert is a deckhand. Conversations include women skippering boats and fishing…
ID Number:2018.63.3
Date:2015
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Gunnar Gudjonssen, October 28, 2017
This interview with Icelandic American commercial fisherman Gunnar Gudjonssen was conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on October 28, 2017. In this interview, Gundjonssen discusses his life and career fishing along the West Coast and in Southeast Alaska.The photo shown here of Gunnar Gudjonssen was taken by the interviewer Jeffrey Kahrs at the time of…
ID Number:2018.63.7.2
Date:2017
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Bert Isaksen, November 18, 2016
This interview with commercial fisherman Bert Isaksen conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on November 18, 2016. In this interview, Isaksen talks about his life and career as a longline deckhand and captain and Alaskan crab deckhand, captain, and boat owner in Bristol Bay, Alaska.The photo shown here of Isaksen was taken by the interviewer…
ID Number:2018.63.9
Date:2016
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Hollis Jennings, November 13, 2015
Interview with commercial fisherman Hollis Jennings conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on November 13, 2015. Jennings discusses her life and career as a seine captain in Southeast Alaska, and what is like on a boat as a woman. Originally from Kentucky, Jennings was the first female skipper in the Southeast fishing fleet.The photo shown…
ID Number:2018.63.13
Date:2015
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Ryan Sven and Britni Sheri Lundin, October 23, 2015
Interview with commercial fishermen Ryan Sven and Britni Sheri Lundin conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commerical Fishermen Oral History Project on October 23, 2015. They discuss their careers as deckhands in Southeast Alaska and being married and working on a boat together. A small portion of the interview has been redacted to protect personal contact information.The photo shown here…
ID Number:2018.63.17
Date:2015