(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
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...
(5:56 min.) (01 of 12) Background and arrival in Alaska Auburn University--TVA heavy construction--B. B. Tally Construction quartermaster--Ladd Field construction Jan '41-- Four total projects Ladd Field, Ft. Richardson, Elmendorf and Yakutat &...
Title taken from caption. Oren Hudson, bush pilot, in front of airplane in Kokhanok, Alaska. Also from caption: "Kokhanok, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title supplied by cataloger. From left to right: Unidentified, Eldon Bush, Joe Redington Sr., unidentified. Joe Redington Sr. operates outboard motor. Slide labeled, '?, Elden Bush, Joe & ?' Original format: 35mm color slide
US Air Force Photo No. 154129. Verso: “154129 A.C.-Bush Pilots use float planes in Summer along distant early warning (dew) line net. Float planes are a means of ready access during “open” months.”
Photograph with the following caption attached: Governor Ernest Gruening of Alaska visits the Public Roads Administration camp in Whitehorse and is photographed with the ranking officers of the North-west Command. From left: Brigadier General...
(Audio, 3 min 31 sec) Stanton Patty is interviewed by William Schneider in Vancouver, Washington, on April 30, 2012. The interview includes memories of growing up in Fairbanks between World War I and World War II, employment in mining industry,...
From verso: "Military and civilian personnel of U. S. Engineers in Alaska at Headquarters of Alaska Defense Command, Fort Richardson, following award of the Distinguished Service medal to Col. B. B. Talley, Officer in Charge Alaska Construction,...
Title taken from front. View of women's foot race during 4th of July celebrations, McKinley Street, Valdez, Alaska, with spectators along street. Businesses shown include Valdez Bakery, Arizona (hotel), Orpheum, S. Blum & Co., Valdez Bank and...
Title taken from verso. Group of people waiting in Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, with portraits of pioneer bush pilots by Harvey Goodale on wall in background. Also from verso: "Int[ernationa]l Airport, Anc[horage]." Negative...
Title taken from verso. Bush pilot Don Sheldon and Piper airplane at Mount McKinley in Alaska. Printing on airplane reads: "Piper." 1955. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
An older woman stands next to some bushes near a street dressed in a light-colored, possibly white, dress and hat. She is either pointing to or holding a branch or stem of the bush. This may be a flowering bush.
65 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection (Alaska Review #17,1978)". Film shows a Piper PA-18 Super Cub flying around the bush, as seen from another plane. Aircraft N-Number appears to be: N9279D.
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 taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Talkeetna. Cliff Hudson (our bush pilot) and other bush pilots make Talkeetna their base of operations."
Title from verso. "[Nearly everybody meets the plane. The arrival of Wien Consolidated Airlines aircraft at bush station is an event. It brings mail, freight, visiting relatives, government travelers and an occasional tourist who takes the bush...
Title from accompanying notes. "Our second bush pilot, Floyd Miller, arriving in his 6-place Cessna 185 to check out our site before starting to carry in loads for us." Airplane parked at foot of rocky steep mountainside.