Wiseman: Images

Results below are from the Alaska Digital Archives which includes material from institutions all over the state. You can sort by clicking on the column header.

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image thumbnail Noel Wien with his Hisso Standard J-1 "Jenny" at Wiseman. View of pilot Noel Wien and his Hisso Standard J-1 airplane at Wiseman, Alaska, with spectators at left and another man at right. From verso: "Noel Wien with the World War II Hisso Standard J-1, affectionately known as 'Jenny' at Wiseman in the southern flanks of the Brooks Range in 1927. This was the first flight across the Arctic Circle in Alaska - or anywhere as far as can be determined." 1927. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. Wien Collection;
image thumbnail Culverting crossing the ice bridge of the Koyukuk river near Wiseman. Title taken from verso. Truck loaded with culvert pieces crossing ice bridge on Koyukuk River near Wiseman, Alaska, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. Sept. 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Dietrick [sic] Bridge no[rth] of Wiseman. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of bridge over Dietrich River north of Wiseman, Alaska, with truck on Haul Road (later Dalton Highway) at left. March 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Green's Camp at 4 Corners on the ice road. Title taken from verso. View of airplane, manufactured buildings, and trucks at Green's Camp at Four Corners on ice road (Hickel Highway) near Bettles, Alaska, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. Also from verso: "West to Bettles, north to Wiseman and east to Prospect Camp site." March 12, 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail George Eaton and Dorothy Murphy, Wiseman, Alaska, March 1938. Dorothy Murphy, Miss Alaska, displaying George Eaton's gold nugget watch chain during a visit to Wiseman, Alaska. From verso: "George Eaton, with his famous gold nugget watch chain and Dorothy Murphy, of Fairbanks -- taken at Wiseman in March 1938 in front of Martin Slisco's Roadhouse. (Dorothy was Miss Alaska in that year's Ice Carnival). George was the gifted master of ceremonies for all visits at Wiseman at that time and had mined there many years." March 1938. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". AMRC. Charles Weller Collection;
image thumbnail Mrs. Big Jim Nagukluk. Native woman in fur garments and mukluks outside a log building with sod roof, probably in Wiseman Amelia Hill Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1950. ASL-PCA-247;
image thumbnail Alaska Villages, Eskimo, Indian, Aleut, 1937. Manuscript with descriptions of 58 Alaskan villages by various students attending the Eklutna Vocational School during 1937. Villages include Afognak, Alitak, Anvic, Attu, Barrow, Beaver, Bethel, Cantwell, Chignik, Circle, Diomede, Eagle, Egegik, Elim, Flat, Fortuna Ledge (Marshall), Fort Yukon, Galena, Haycock, Karluk, Kenai, King Cove, Kivalina, Kokrines, Kotzebue, Koyuk, Koyukuk, Long Beach, Manley Hot Springs, Metlakatla, Nash Harbor, Neelik, Noatac, Nome, Noorvik, Nulato, Nunapitchuk, Perryville, Pilot Point, Pilot Station, Point Hope, Point Lay, Rampart, Ruby, Selawik, Shishmaref, Snag Point, Stevens Village, St. Mark's Mission, Tanana, Tatitlek, Teller, Unalakleet, Unalaska, Wainright, White Mountain, Wiseman, Yakutat. In the Fall of 1937, Paul E. Thompson went to Ektutna Vocational School as a teacher and spent summers at the Knik Arm fish camp for the school. Alaska Villages, 1937-1941. Manuscripts. ASL-MS0004-08-004
image thumbnail Wiseman, Alaska, Territorial School. Teacher's quarters, attached at right, were described in the Historical Record as such: "The quarters were not used by the teacher for five or six years until 1941, when about $100 was spent making them livable; this included a new stove, new linoleum, chinking, etc. [In] 1942, the oilcloth covering walls and ceiling is in poor condition. The new door is unpainted. A wash tub, dishpan, and frying pan are needed." Alaska Territorial Department of Education: Records of Alaska Schools, 1931-1951. ASL-MS146

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