Title from caption. Photograph of a church and belfry near Lake Bennett. Narrative in photo album reads: "Right an abandoned church of the gold rush days standing all by itself near Lake Bennet where miners stopped for some rest in their...
Title from image. Photograph of a White Pass and Yukon Railroad train along the shore of Lake Bennett. Caption reads: "White Pass & Yukon passenger train coming up along the shore of Lake Bennett, head waters of the Yukon River." ...
Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
Title taken from verso. View of Peter L. Ferry family members at Lake Bennett, British Columbia, Canada, with church in background. Also from verso: "1929 ... Leo, Frank, Catherine, Jack, Baby Pat, Mo (Catherine B), Mary Alice, Bill, & Jim." 1929....
Title taken from verso. View of members of Peter L. Ferry family standing in front of restaurant at Lake Bennett, British Columbia, Canada. From left to right: Catherine Ferry, Mary Alice Ferry Diener, Peter L. Ferry, Bill Ferry, and Jim Ferry....
Title taken from front. View of men on boats on Lake Bennett, Canada, with United States flag flying from third boat from left and men holding oars and poles to move boats. From verso: "Boats on Lake Bennett. Spring of 1898." One man in photo may...
Title from verso Railroad locomotive, smoke billowing from stack, passes tents and activity around Lake Bennett; passengers visible on long, flat car behind train engine
Winter view of Lake Bennett, with tents and huts in the foreground; prospectors follow a trail across the frozen lake, between snow-covered mountains Photographer's number 49
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
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...
The collection includes images of a 2,500 mile inspection trip to northern and interior Alaska which Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott (President of the Alaska Road Commission) and R.J. Sommers (Territorial highway engineer) took in 1928.
Relief shown pictorially. Shows major routes of exploration. From Thomas Jefferys and others, The American atlas. Series: A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows major routes of exploration. From Thomas Jefferys and others, The American atlas. Series: A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and...
1 map on 6 sheets; sheets from atlas with facing pages joined to make 3 sheets. Shows tracks of various voyages. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations. Relief shown pictorially. ...