Title from verso. The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Washburn worked on behalf of the Army Air Forces during the expedition, and was one of the first four members to summit...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
The following is the text on...
Photograph of George Washburn (standing), John Macomber (seated and eating out of bowl), and dog, most likely taken at Elmendorf Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska. The sign on the building behind the men reads "T-379."
Title by indexer. Image shows men of the 1942 Army Test Expedition. Identified from the front, seated L. to R., are Robert Bates, Peter Webb, Frank Marchman, Albert Jackman, Wilbur Musser (in front), Einar Nilsson; second row: Terris Moore,...
The caption on the back of the photograph reads " Mac, Wash, [Drame?], Francis, McDonald and George - What a Bunch?" John Macomber is seated on far left of the front row. George Washburn is seated in the front row, second from left. This...
Front Row - sitting - left to right
1. J. Paul Huff, CSK, Chicago, Illinois
2. Abraham Angel, CSK--Huntington, W Va.
3; John Thomas Scott, CSK, Sitka, Alaska
4. E. E. Tucker, Lt.(jg) SC, San Diego, Calif.
5. R. G. Culbertson,...
133 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Washburn Collection, 1937". Film shows a man starting the propeller on a Fairchild 51 and then two men digging it out of the snow.
152 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Washburn Collection, 1938". Film shows men preparing a plane to take off from a tidal flat. The plane takes off and then lands again, and is refueled. Aircraft N-Number:...
Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...
Title from verso. The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Seventeen men were selected from various military units and the American Alpine Club to conduct cold-weather and...
Title from verso. The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Seventeen men were selected from various military units and the American Alpine Club to conduct cold-weather and...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Equipment left at McGonagall Pass by Bradford Washburn in the 1940s. He's perhaps the world's foremost expert on Mt. McKinley, and was a member of the 3rd expedition to...
Album caption: Martin's road-house at Delta. (Washburn P. O.) "Dad" Martin in front of the building.
A sign on the building reads: The Martin Road House.