The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
View of seven officers in uniform standing on the deck of the ship, North Star, in Alaska. From verso: "7 of the North Star officers (Bowersox second from right) L[eft] to R[ight] Sundt, Greenfield, Whitlam, Sanwick, Lystad, Bowersox, and...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a large group of women and two men dressed nicely. They appear to be members of the Order of the Eastern Star. One women is named on the photograph, Mrs. W. N. Rolston marked by an "x", on the verso her...
Title from donor notes. Photograph showing a sod house in the foreground with the North Star off shore. Full donor notes read: "Department of the Interior supply ship "North Star" lying off the south beach on its annual fall visit...
62 second, color and black and white, silent film clip. Sequence shows people at the crash site of a Star Airlines Bellanca aircraft. The passengers and crew build a fire and at the end of the clip dog teams arrive.
"Watch Alaska! "Opportunity... "Pilots and mechanics Alaska Star airlines is growing! To keep pace with today's urgent wartime requirements and gear up for the increased passenger, mail, express and freight...
View of eight girls posing for a photograph on board the ship, North Star, in Alaska. From verso: "Native girls on North Star - going to Wrangell Institute, an Alaska Native Service advanced school." Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x...
View of North Star Dairy ice cream carton made in Anchorage, Alaska. Printing on carton reads: "North Star brand. Ice cream. Pasteurized. A treat to eat." June 9, 1959. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4 1/8" x 5".
From 1932 until 1941, when she was transferred to the Coast Guard, the NORTH STAR, sturdy service vessel of Office of Indian Affairs, sailed from Seattle to points north, making 50 stops on the outbound journey to Barrow and also stopping in St....
51 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Cordle Collection". Film shows men struggling to load a Moss Larsen diesel engine aboard a Star Airways Bellanca.
26 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows the Star Airlines fleet lined up at Merrill Field, a person in walking in the background. The film clip is too dark to see the N-Numbers.
32 second, color/silent film clip. From title frame: "Dickson Collection".BR>Film shows Star Airlines Bellancas flying in formation over Anchorage as seen from inside one of the cockpits.
Title taken from caption: "Ship Star of Alaska at anchor in Chignik Bay." View of the ship "Star of Alaska" docked in Chignik Bay, Alaska. The ship started out as the "Balclutha" on January 15, 1887 under British registry, and in 1899 it...
View of 2nd Mate Isaac Lystad standing with a group of women and children on board the ship, North Star, in Alaska. In the background another ship's officer can be seen to the left of the photo and to the right stairs leading to the upper deck have...
Title from verso. View of barge carrying men and supplies being towed to shore in Alaska. The ship, North Star, can be seen in the background. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Title taken from verso. View of a number of kayaks, some manned, some unmanned, alongside the ship, North Star, near Hooper Bay, Alaska. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".