Accession:

1972, November 16 Muller


Photographs of Anchorage from 1910 to 1944, Seward, Matanuska Valley, the
Cheechako movie, and various people.

Donated. Muller, Mrs. Walter (Mildred D.). P.O. Box 313. Kodiak, AK 99615.

71 Photos.


Muller B72.88

Scope and Contents

The Muller Collection consists of 71 photographs, as wells newspaper clippings,
and menus from the S.S. Alameda. The collection includes several photographs of
Anchorage ranging in date from 1910 to 1944, the Alaska Railroad, President Warren G.
Harding, Carl Benjamin Eielson, Matanuska Valley, Seward, and various people.
Individual subjects in the collection include the Anchorage Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, Carl Benjamin Eielson with Alaska’s first air mail at Fairbanks in 1924,
Eklutna, the Government Experimental Farm at Matanuska, the Cheechako movie, July
Fourth, 1932, the Thomas C. Price Law Office, Romig’s cabin, Moose Lodge, Judge
David Leopold, the Palmer Red Cross hospital headquarters, President Harding in the
New Empire, the Tent City of Anchorage, and the winter mail leaving Anchorage.
Photographers of the collection include Fentscher, Peter Pan Photo Co., Thomas Foto
Shop, George L. Johnson, and Sydney Laurence.


Donated. Muller, Mrs. Walter (Mildred D.). Kodiak, AK. 2003 SLL

71 Photos.



Muller B72.88

Photo List

Photos

B72.88.1 Government Experimental Farm at Matinuska,
Oct. 9th
/ , 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barrett and Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas C. Price
B&W 4 x 6 Matanuska Valley –
1930-1939
B72.88.2 Government Experimental Farm at Matinuska,
Oct. 9th
/ , 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barrett and Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas C. Price
B&W 4 x 6 Matanuska Valley –
1930-1939
B72.88.3 Official’s housing and teacher’s dormitory, Palmer B&W 4 x 6*
Slide 1.15
Palmer
Palmer
B72.88.4 Fur Seals, St. Paul Island B&W 4 x 6 Seals (animals)
B72.88.5 Boy by table with fresh vegetables holding sigh
“Raised in Alaska”
Sepia 3.5 x 6* Seward
B72.88.6 Automobile, Fountain in a park, Seward, 1932 Sepia 3.5 x 6 Seward
B72.88.7 Hospital, Seward Sepia 5 x 7* Seward
B72.88.8 Aerial view of Kodiak, postcard Sepia 3.5 x 5.5 Kodiak
B72.88.9 City Hall, Anchorage, postcard B&W 3.5 x 5.5* Anchorage – 1930-9
B72.88.10 Winter Mail leaving Anchorage on Sleds, postcard B&W 3.5 x 5.5 U.S. Postal Service
B72.88.11 First National bank building, 1944 B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Anchorage – 1944
B72.88.12 Anchorage High School, Sixth Avenue B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Anchorage – Schools
B72.88.13 City Hall, Anchorage B&W 4 x 6* Anchorage – 1930-39
B72.88.14 Old grammer school building, new building going
up, Hewitts Photo Shop
B&W 4 x 6* Anchorage – Schools
B72.88.15 G Street looking toward Fourth from Fifth B&W 4 x 6* Anchorage – 1930-39
B72.88.16 City Hall, Anchorage B&W 4 x 6 Anchorage – 1930-39
B72.88.17 Hotel Anchorage, Rexall Drug Store, Fourth
Avenue and E Street
B&W 4 x 6* Anchorage – 1930-39
B72.88.18
B72.88.19 President Harding in the New Empire, Anchorage B&W 3.5 x 5.5* Harding, Warren
Gamaliel, Pres. U.S.
1865-1923
B72.88.20 Aerial view of downtown Anchorage B&W 5 x 7 Anchorage
B72.88.21 Alaska Railroad yards, Anchorage (same as
B70.39.1)
B&W 5 x 7* Alaska Railroad -
Anchorage
B72.88.22 July 4th
/ , 1932, Anchorage B&W 5 x 7* Anchorage – 1930-39
B72.88.23 Main office room of Thomas C. Price Law Office,
1937
B&W 5 x 7* Anchorage – 1930-39
B72.88.24 Tent City of Anchorage, 1915 (same as B83.146.9) B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.25 Tent City from Government Hill, 1915 B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,

Tent City
B72.88.26 Panorama of Tent City B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.27 Men working near horse wagon, Tent City B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.28 Bank of Alaska, Anchorage B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Townsite
B72.88.29 Three men on a boardwalk, Ship Creek B&W 5 x 8
Slide 1.15
Anchorage – 1915,
Ship Creek
B72.88.30 Two Girls Waffle House, Young American
Lodging House, Anchorage (same as B83.146.6)
B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.31 B&B Navigation Company, Finkelstein and
Sapiro, Alaska Transfer Company, Nichols (B.C.)
Store, White House Restaurant, Anchorage (same
as B83.146.10)
B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.32 Man pumping water, Anchorage B&W 5 x 8 Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.33 Burns (barge), horse and wagon in surf, Knik? B&W 5 x 8* Boats and boating
B72.88.34 Sale of lots, auction, Tent City B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City – Auction
B72.88.35 Sale of lots, Tent City B&W 5 x 8* Anchorage – 1915,
Tent City
B72.88.36 (orig. Laurence print: B83.146.138) B&W 5 x 8 Anchorage – 1910 -
1919
B72.88.37 Fourth Avenue, Anchorage B&W 8 x 5 Anchorage – 1915,
Townsite
B72.88.38 Barge, Freight and Freightage, Carnation Milk,
Anchorage
B&W 8 x 5 Freight and Freightage
B72.88.39
a
Alaska Railroad, Tent City, Anchorage B&W 5 x 7* Alaska Railroad –
Anchorage
B72.88.39
b
Tent City, Anchorage B&W 5 x 8* People
B72.88.41 Anchorage Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, lodge 1351, winners of First Prize, Portland,
1925
B&W 11 x 14 Photo oversize, Map 4
– 1 folio
B72.88.42 Moose Lodge, Judge David Leopold, first row,
second row
B&W 7.5 x 9.5* People
B72.88.43 Billy Butts’s ice cream parlor and reception hall,
Anchorage
B&W 8 x 10 Anchorage – 1920-29
B72.88.44 Carl Benjamin Eielson in front of plane, Alaska’s
first air mail, Fairbanks, 1924
B&W 8 x 10* Eielson, Carl
Benjamin, 1897-1929
B72.88.45 Carl Benjamin Eielson with Alaska’s first air mail,
Fairbanks, 1924
B&W 6.5 x 9* Eielson, Carl
Benjamin
B72.88.46 Large group at dinner (buffet line) gathering B&W 5 x 7 People
B72.88.48 Group of People, Cheechako Cast? B&W 8 x 10* Cheechako (motion
picture)

B72.88.49 Cars parked by a dock, Tacoma?, July 4, 1927 Sepia 3.5 x 6 Non-Alaskan
B72.88.50 B&W 5.5 x 3.5 People
B72.88.51 Couple standing in front of flag, 1930? B&W 4.5 x 3 People
B72.88.52 Man with pig B&W 3.5 x 2.5 People
B72.88.53 Mrs. (Lois?) Price B&W 3.5 x 2.5 People
B72.88.54 Picnic Scene, September 15, 1935 B&W 3.5 x 2.5 People
B72.88.55 Mr. Wilmuth and friend at Wasilla, June 15, 1941 B&W 2.5 x 3.5* Wasilla
B72.88.56 Group of women posed in mountain setting, 1930? B&W 2.5 x 3.5 People
B72.88.57 Eklutna, September 15, 1935 B&W 3.5 x 2.5 People
B72.88.58 Mrs. Walter Muller and Tom in West Seattle, May
26, 1917
B&W 4 x 4 People
B72.88.60 Unidentified woman feeding two bears B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Bears
B72.88.61 Palmer Red Cross hospital headquarters, 1935 Sepia 3.5 x 2.5 People
B72.88.62 Group of people at mountain lake, Hatcher Pass? B&W 2.5 x 3.5 People
B72.88.63 Men posed in front of Romig’s cabin, Anchorage B&W 2.5 x 3.5 Anchorage – 1940 –
1949
B72.88.64 Field B&W 3.5 x 2.5 Palmer
B72.88.66 Group of people in front of mountain lake, Hatcher
Pass?
B&W 2.5 x 3.5 People
B72.88.68 Walter Muller? B&W 3.5 x 2.5 People
B72.88.69 At Knik from the hill B&W 3.5 x 2.5 Knik River
B72.88.70 Moonlight view of the hospital, December 13,
1921
B&W 3 x 4.75 Houses & Buildings –
Exteriors
B72.88.71 Baby girl in white rabbit skin hat, coat, muff,
leggings
B&W 4 x 2.5 People
B72.88.72 Richard Gifford, Lieuenant C. E. Corps U.S. Navy,
Members of Z--- Fraternity at Anchorage, June,
1920
B&W 6 x 4 People

Print Materials
B72.88.73 S.S. Alameda menu-and pic Unable to Locate
B72.88.74 S.S. Alameda menu – ‘loop at mile 50 –AK Unable to Locate
B72.88.75 Anchorage City Band, 1938 clipping Unable to Locate
B72.88.76 unidentified clipping Unable to Locate
B72.88.77 clipping. Death of Dr. A.D. Haverstock Unable to Locate
B72.88.78 clipping – Retirement of Judge Thomas C. Price Unable to Locate
B72.88.79 clipping – death of Dr. Haverstock Unable to Locate

*Has Negative