The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Title taken from verso. Full caption on verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first...
Title by indexer. Caption on verso says, "LaV. 1932." Image shows three members of the Lindley-Liek expedition approaching two tents near the head of Muldrow Glacier. The Lindley-Liek Expedition made the first successful ascent of both...
Title from verso. Image shows a man leaning over a grave in the snow on the side of a mountain. A shovel and a wooden pole mark the location of the grave. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley...
Title from verso. Image shows Grant Pearson and Erling Strom of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. Pearson was a ranger for Mount McKinley National Park and Strom was a...
Title taken from verso of identical photo (UAF-1981-208-7). Verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Title from caption. Photograph of a totem pole in Ketchikan. Caption reads: "One of the finest carved totem poles in S. Eastern Alaskan [sic], situated at Ketchikan. These totem poles represent the history of the tribe that erect them &...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title by indexer. This is a half-length black and white portrait photograph of Morris Thompson (1939-2000). Thompson an Athabascan was born and raised in the Yukon River village of Tanana. A well respected leader, he had served his community in...
Title from verso. In 1942, Sascha Brastoff (1918 - 1993, born Samuel Brostofsky) enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was assigned first as a designer and then as a performer to the Air Force show “Winged Victory.” He created and impersonated...