Alaska Collection (page 4)

Alaska - Juneau Date: circa 1920

Totem Pole and Native American House
Postcard from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company from their Totem Pole Route - an example of the totem poles of the indigenous American Indian people of the Southern Alaskan region (Ketchikan)

Hunting wild big horn sheep in Alaska
Hunting big horn sheep in Alaska (wild mountain sheep - now a protected species). This picture was taken 30 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska

The crew of the Pandora hunting Polar Bears, 1875
Engraving showing the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, using one of the ships boats to capture a young Polar bear in Arctic waters, 1875

Panning for gold, Yukon Alaska
Panning for gold in the Yukon Territory, Alaska

The Pandora heading for the Carey Islands, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, beating upwind to the Carey Islands, 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875

The Musick Hal at Disco Island, 1875
Engraving showing the building on Disco Island, Greenland, which the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, had converted to use as a Musick Hal for their entertainment, 1875

The Pandora in Peels Strait, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, in Peels Strait, 29th August 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage

Walrus Hunting during the Pandora Arctic Expedition, 1876
Engraving showing the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, using the ships boats to shoot walruses in Arctic waters, 1876

Bonanza Hotel, on the south of the Klondike River, Alaska
The Bonanza Hotel, one of the most popular hotels for gold diggers on the trail to Dawson, Alaska. Dawson was a town that rose over night during the gold fever of 1896-1897

Eskimos in Oomiak
Native Alaskan eskimos of King Island, Alaska, in their oomiak on the Snake River, at Nome

Racial / Eskimos / Alaska
Princess Ker-Leng-Ner and her husband at Port Clarence, Alaska

NORGE IN ARCTIC
The Italian-built Norge of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition which will fly from Spitzbergen to Alaska via the North Pole, making Amundsen the first to visit both Poles

USA / Alaska / Front Street
Alaska: Front Street, Nome

USA / Alaska / Goliven Bay
Alaska: Dexters trading post, Goliven Bay

Dogs Catch Fish
Dogs catch fish on the beach at Nome, Alaska

Eskimos - Aleutians
People of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands (part of Alaska) - in their home, entered from above to conserve warmth. Bunks are arranged round the walls

Alaska Eskimos
Inhabitants of Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea, Alaska, with their habitations and a boat (kayak)

KLONDIKE, 1905
The Principal Street of Gold Bottom, the Klondike, Alaska

Klondike / Nome 1900
FRONT STREET, NOME, ALASKA during the Gold Rush

Klondike / Nome July 1900
Prospectors crowd Front Street, Nome, Alaska, at the height of the gold rush

Klondike / Services 1900
Cigars and liquor for sale, watch repairs done, brokers, an undertaker and a lawyer offer services on Steadman Avenue, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Klondike / Camp 1900
Miners camp on the Snake River, Nome, Alaska, during the Gold Rush

Klondike / Leaving Seattle
Eager gold-rushers leave Seattle for Alaska as the summer approaches

Klondike / Hegg / 1900
The Discovery Claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Klondike / Post Office
Miners gathering outside the Post Office at Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Klondike / Tundra 1900
Miners rocking on the Tundra, Alaska

Dogs at Nome, Alaska
Dogs hauling water at Nome, Alaska, during the Gold Rush

LONDON (1876 - 1916)
JACK LONDON American writer, in the Alaska goldfields

USA / Seattle / Totem Pole
Totem pole of the Raven Tribe of the Tlingit Indians (Alaska), purchased and re-erected in Seattle, Washington State

Loading Dog-Sledge
Loading goods onto a dog- sledge at Fort St Michael (formerly Michaelowski) in Norton Gulf, Alaska

USA / Alaska / Sitka 1845
Sitka, on the North-West coast of America. (It was part of Russia until 1867)

Klondike / Sluicing 1900
Sluicing on Number Two Claim, at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Klondike / Snake River
Miners rocking on the Snake River, Alaska

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