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121  "Prospectors" Make-Shift Table; The Boat House. Glacier Bay, Alaska.
  • Date: 09/1938
  • Description: Members of the Parker & White families "on the rocks" at the "Boat House" beside Ptarmigan Creek in Johns Hopkins Inlet about 2 months after Leroy Gold Mine discovery. Hungry & waiting for food to be served. Nell Parker taking photo and camp cook. Click for identifications & story.
  • Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20156
122  "Prospectors" Make-Shift Table; The Boat House. Glacier Bay, Alaska.
  • Date: 09/1938
  • Description: Members of the Parker & White families "on the rocks" at the "Boat House" beside Ptarmigan Creek in Johns Hopkins Inlet about 2 months after Leroy Gold Mine discovery. Hungry & waiting for food to be served. Nell Parker taking photo and camp cook. Click for identifications & story.
  • Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20156
123  Fred Matson's Barn on "Pine Tree Knoll" Homestead in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1939 (Estimate)
  • Description: Fred's barn under construction & nearly finished. Matson's truck parked in barn yard. Note flock of wild geese spread from Lt. to Rt. across photo. Matson "proved up" in 1940 on Lou Medieke's piece of land.
  • Source: Fred & Ruth Matson
  • Collection: Jim Mackovjak
  • Reference#: 20153
124  Fred Matson's Barn on "Pine Tree Knoll" Homestead in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1939 (Estimate)
  • Description: Fred's barn under construction & nearly finished. Matson's truck parked in barn yard. Note flock of wild geese spread from Lt. to Rt. across photo. Matson "proved up" in 1940 on Lou Medieke's piece of land.
  • Source: Fred & Ruth Matson
  • Collection: Jim Mackovjak
  • Reference#: 20153
125  Outdoor Wedding Feast at A. L. Parker Homestead in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 06/10/1938
  • Description: One long table laden with food outdoors by house along Good River. Family seated with local wedding guests. Nell & Glen Parker serving cake and hand-cranked ice cream. Click title for identifications.....
  • Source: A.L. & Edith Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20152
126  Outdoor Wedding Feast at A. L. Parker Homestead in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 06/10/1938
  • Description: One long table laden with food outdoors by house along Good River. Family seated with local wedding guests. Nell & Glen Parker serving cake and hand-cranked ice cream. Click title for identifications.....
  • Source: A.L. & Edith Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20152
127  An Ice Cream Break? Try Turnips! Harvest Time in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1937
  • Description: Gustavus folks taking a break during harvest season. A turnip for everyone! From Lt. to Rt. Alice (5) & Bill (3) White, Glen Parker, Henrietta, Gloria, & Genevieve White, Child's back, Nell Crowell, Dorothy White on truck. Boardwalk & mud tracks. Click for more on the hay...
  • Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20151
128  An Ice Cream Break? Try Turnips! Harvest Time in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1937
  • Description: Gustavus folks taking a break during harvest season. A turnip for everyone! From Lt. to Rt. Alice (5) & Bill (3) White, Glen Parker, Henrietta, Gloria, & Genevieve White, Child's back, Nell Crowell, Dorothy White on truck. Boardwalk & mud tracks. Click for more on the hay...
  • Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20151
129  "First Official" One Room Schoolhouse Teacher in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 09/1928
  • Description: Fashionable Miss Helen Lindstrom, age 20, came by steamer to Juneau, Alaska and on to Gustavus by small boat to be the first teacher to teach in Gustavus' brand new schoolhouse. Click for more information...
  • Source: Bill & May White
  • Collection: Ruth (House) Donohue
  • Reference#: 20150
130  "First Official" One Room Schoolhouse Teacher in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 09/1928
  • Description: Fashionable Miss Helen Lindstrom, age 20, came by steamer to Juneau, Alaska and on to Gustavus by small boat to be the first teacher to teach in Gustavus' brand new schoolhouse. Click for more information...
  • Source: Bill & May White
  • Collection: Ruth (House) Donohue
  • Reference#: 20150
131  "We'll Be Coming Around the Corner When We Come". Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1937
  • Description: Photo by Nell Crowell on main road going west to A. L. Parker's Good River homestead. Likely Glen Parker pulling sled-like "contraption". Looking back across Salmon River & east to mountains. Approaching the present day Great Alaska Husky Ranch curve in the road.
  • Source: Glen & Nell Parker
  • Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
  • Reference#: 20149
132  "We'll Be Coming Around the Corner When We Come". Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1937
  • Description: Photo by Nell Crowell on main road going west to A. L. Parker's Good River homestead. Likely Glen Parker pulling sled-like "contraption". Looking back across Salmon River & east to mountains. Approaching the present day Great Alaska Husky Ranch curve in the road.
  • Source: Glen & Nell Parker
  • Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
  • Reference#: 20149
133  "Winter Wonderland"! Abraham Parker Homestead in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1937
  • Description: Gorgeous snow scene from winter's blast. Photo taken from the SE corner of the house by Nell Crowell while living with the A. L. Parkers winter 1937. Windmill tower & a bit of Good River Bridge mid right photo.
  • Source: Glen & Nell Parker
  • Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
  • Reference#: 20148
134  "Winter Wonderland"! Abraham Parker Homestead in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 1937
  • Description: Gorgeous snow scene from winter's blast. Photo taken from the SE corner of the house by Nell Crowell while living with the A. L. Parkers winter 1937. Windmill tower & a bit of Good River Bridge mid right photo.
  • Source: Glen & Nell Parker
  • Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
  • Reference#: 20148
135  May & Bill White & Children's 1st Summer at Strawberry Point, Alaska.
  • Date: 1922
  • Description: Photo taken on A. L. Parker's homestead porch after the arrival of son-in-law Bill White to build the "Tumbledown Shack" out back for his family to live in. Click on title for more information and identifications...
  • Source: A.L. & Edith Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20147
136  May & Bill White & Children's 1st Summer at Strawberry Point, Alaska.
  • Date: 1922
  • Description: Photo taken on A. L. Parker's homestead porch after the arrival of son-in-law Bill White to build the "Tumbledown Shack" out back for his family to live in. Click on title for more information and identifications...
  • Source: A.L. & Edith Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20147
137  Wedding Day of Nell (Crowell) & Glen Parker in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 06/10/1938
  • Description: Wedding dress handmade by Nell in Gustavus of slipper satin fabric and "extras" sent to Alaska from California by Nell's mother Eve Lena Crowell. Flowers were waxed orange blossoms. Click for identifications....
  • Source: A.L. & Edith Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20146
138  Wedding Day of Nell (Crowell) & Glen Parker in Gustavus, Alaska.
  • Date: 06/10/1938
  • Description: Wedding dress handmade by Nell in Gustavus of slipper satin fabric and "extras" sent to Alaska from California by Nell's mother Eve Lena Crowell. Flowers were waxed orange blossoms. Click for identifications....
  • Source: A.L. & Edith Parker
  • Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
  • Reference#: 20146
139  Three Early Farmers Working Fields by Hand. Strawberry Point, Alaska.
  • Date: 1916
  • Description: Earliest photo of the hopeful homesteaders in the fields "proving up" to patent their lands. Open fields along side and near Salmon River looking east to mountain range. Note fence. Click title for identifications....
  • Source: Alaska Sportsman Magazine
  • Collection: GHAA
  • Reference#: 20145
140  Three Early Farmers Working Fields by Hand. Strawberry Point, Alaska.
  • Date: 1916
  • Description: Earliest photo of the hopeful homesteaders in the fields "proving up" to patent their lands. Open fields along side and near Salmon River looking east to mountain range. Note fence. Click title for identifications....
  • Source: Alaska Sportsman Magazine
  • Collection: GHAA
  • Reference#: 20145

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