Businessmen from Anchorage, Alaska seated at banquet, Washington, D.C. From verso: "1946. Washington D.C. Local businessmen chartered a flight to Washington D.C. to petition for an international airport for Anchorage. Sen. Gruening at far end of...
Title from sleeve. Sitting (R) Rachel Castner, Castner's sister (Ohio), Co-pilot Harry Cortimanche. Stand[ing] left; Mgr Matanuska Hotel Clarence Keating (Seward), Pilot Larry Flahart, Chief stewardess, unidentified. Behind Castner, Stan...
Title from sleeve. Zachary J. Loussac (left) and Reverend Ronald Armstrong (right) stand holding an American flag with 49 stars on the tarmac next to the Ship of State in Washington D.C. Other passengers stand in background. Camera equipment of...
Full caption reads: "Pilots of fleet of eight 'aristocrats' before leaving Washington, D.C., June 20, 1929, on the longest air tour ever undertaken. Center (left to right) C. S. Rieman, President, General...
Title taken from photograph.
Photograph of the 1951 Annual Luncheon of the [General] Federation of Women's Clubs, Shoreham Hotel, Washington D. C. At this lunch the Women's Clubs began supporting the bid for Alaskan Statehood.
Text of telegram: Signal Corps, United States Army. Telegram. Send the following Message: Juneau, February 26, 1912Hon. Walter E. Clark, Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.Action commenced against Collector Customs to compel issuance manifest for...
Title from sleeve. Mildred Herman (back to camera, feathered hat) testifies before a congressional committee in Washington D.C. during the drive for statehood. Four committee members sit facing her at a table, with staffers in background. Group...
Title taken from verso. Full verso reads: "Leaving The Tanana Valley on my way to Washington, D. C. Same dog team I arrived with." Verso also stamped: "From Haubell & Company. 536 Lake Shore Drive. Chicago, ILL." Slim Williams was a...
Title taken from caption. Full caption reads: "Slim William International Trail Blazer. Alaska to Washington, D.C. 1933." Verso stamped: POSTCARD and contains handwritten text: "Bert Winder From Slim Williams." Slim Williams was a...
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...
37 second, color/silent, film clip of President Eisenhower signing Alaska into statehood. Among the notables that can be identified are: President Dwight Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, Senator Bob Bartlet, Senator Ernest Gruening...