Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Bill DeWitt (left) and Charles Emswiler (or Emsweiler), trappers and guides, with furs and antlers in Seward, Alaska. 1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Charles Emswiler (seated), two other men, and several dogs pose in front of a log cabin near Seward, Alaska. Beaver pelts and bear skins hang on the front of the cabin. From front: "C. Emswiler, guide." 1910? Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3...
Charles Emswiler (also spelled Emsweiler), licensed guide, stands in front of a log cabin with rifle and snowshoes in hand near Seward, Alaska. From front: "Chas Emswiler, guide." ca. 1910. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph:...
Title taken from news clipping. Rep. Ralph Rivers receives an award of a scout badge from Peter Trawicky. An article related to this photograph details Boy Scouting opportunities in Alaska.
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.
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Title taken from caption. "Lee Waddell - Trapped Skwentna River, A top Guide. From Oregon." He is holding up two dead white birds, possibly ptarmigans.
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "'Slim' Bragg shown with Wolves and Tim Twitchell Trapper. Bragg Guided and Trapped Many Years in the Talkeetna and Other Areas Before Becoming a Game Warden." The word "Unknown" is scratched out, and "Tim...