Title taken from verso. Billy Blackjack Johnson during military service in U.S. First Infantry Division, Co. E 18th Infantry at check point in Frankfurt, Germany. 1946. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Photograph is of a line of soldiers attempting to do a 180 degree turn on skis. Each soldier has one ski raised vertically and is midway through the turn. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title taken from front. Company B, 21st Infantry, U.S. Army arriving in Alaska by steamship "Admiral Watson". Also from front: "A.E.C. 1506. H.G.K. Nov. 15 - 1919." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G1506. Nov. 15, 1919....
African-American soldiers of the 24th Infantry march in July 4th parade, rifles on shoulders; a man with a large drum is in foreground; spectators line the route
Title from image caption Men in suits and military uniforms pose along front porch steps of wooden building; names of those identified on verso are as follows: McKinnion, Russel Wayland, Frank Tasher, Gabe Paul, Sam Paul, Chas. Swihart, Bill...
African-American soldiers stand at attention on the Klondike Company's wharf in Dyea. Note from Karl Gurcke: They were (in Dyea) for a brief period of time (July 1899) before they were burned out by a forest fire and had to move to Skagway.