Alaskan History
Memorable Photographs Capturing Alaska’s History on Glass Plates and Film
The first article in this issue focuses on the early Army forts in Alaska; these photographs are from three of those forts:
Right: Cooks of Company E, Ft. Egbert. [Univ. Of Alaska Fairbanks, Farnsworth Family Papers. UAF-1972-175-CO] Below: Men and reindeer, used for hauling supplies, at Ft. Gibbon, at Tanana, the midpoint of the telegraph line between Eagle and Nome. [ASL-P008-21] Page 7, top left: Boy wearing uniform, Fort Liscum, ca. 1917. [Alaska State Library, Gerold E. Luebben Collection. ASL-P276-036] Page 7, top right: Soldiers dressed in protective gear for bayonet practice, Fort Liscum, 1917. Tower in background is part of the firehouse. [Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Jim Oyler Collection. UAF-1986-37-27] Page 7, bottom: Dog corral, sleds in foreground, Ft. Gibbon, March 6, 1913. [ASL-P78-05]
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