Northwest Alaska aerial photographs

Northwest Alaska aerial photographs, 1944-1957

Overview of the Collection

Title: Northwest Alaska aerial photographs
Dates: 1944-1957 (inclusive)
19441957
Quantity: .06 cubic feet (1 folder)
14 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 in.
Collection Number: PH0208
Summary: Aerial photographs of Northwest Alaska locations
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

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Aerial views of Northwest Alaska including Cape Thomson, Cape Seppings, Nome, York Mountains, Kotzeboe Sound, Point Hope, Lisburne Peninsula, Cape Sabine, Cape Beaufort, Naokok, Utukok River, Icy Cape, and Wainwright.

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Restrictions on Use

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Arrangement

Plate numbers in the photo captions suggest that the photographs may have been in an article or book. The collection has been organized in plate number order.

Custodial History

Many of the photographs may have come from the University of Washington Map Center.

Processing Note

Processed by Christy Hansen and Emily Craig, 2010.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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1	View northwest showing off-shore bar, lagoon, and low lake-dotted coast southwest of Wainwright, Alaska	August 13, 1949
2	View west over lake-dotted coastal plain, lagoon, and off-shore bar at Icy Cape, Alaska Caption on photo: Sea ice on right and in middle background is banked against off-shore bar. Protected lagoon is ice free.	July 11, 1947
3	View southeast over Utukok River entering sea from lake-dotted Arctic coastal plain, Kasegaluk Lagoon, Alaska	July 11, 1947
4	View southeast over lake-dotted coastal plain, shallow lagoon, and off-shore bar just south of Naokok, Alaska	July 11, 1947
5	View west over low rolling foothills near Cape Beaufort, Alaska Caption on photo: Deformed sedimentary rocks crop out on surface forming minor ridges.	July 11, 1957
6	View west over low rolling foothills near Cape Sabine, Alaska Caption on photo: Deformed sedimentary rocks crop out on surface forming minor ridges. Low sea cliff. Corwin Coal Mine is noted on the photo.	September 6, 1946
7	View west over limestone hills and sea cliffs on Lisburne Peninsula near Cape Dyer, Alaska	September 6, 1946
8	View northwest over sandy gravel off-shore bar, protected lagoon, and lake-covered delta at Point Hope spit, Alaska	September 6, 1946
9	View northeast over Kotzebue spit and part of mainland of Baldwin Peninsula, Kotzebue, Alaska	September 19, 1944
10	View west over low-lying sea coast on south side of Kotzebue Sound near Kiwalik, Alaska	September 23, 1946
11	View southeast over York Mountains on the south side of Seward Peninsula, Alaska with Teller, Cape Spencer, and Port Clarence in the background	1944-1957
12	View north over Marks Airfield at Nome, Alaska with the Kigluaik Mountains in the background	February, 1945
13	View west toward Cape Thompson, Alaska	1944-1957
14	View east toward Cape Seppings, Alaska	1944-1957

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