Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption in album: "July 30 - East along the base of Alaska range - Two caribou in distance". Photograph shows a landscape of rocky tundra with hills and mountains in the background.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 10 - Another view of peculiar mt. in Alaska range at head of Toklat branch". Photograph shows a very pointy mountain, with tundra and a riverbed in the foreground.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 22 - Mt. range where I killed rams Aug 17-". Photograph shows snow-capped mountains as seen from a gravelly river bed.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 22 - Mt. range [illegible] of my camp". Photograph shows snowy mountains in the distance. This photograph is fairly dark, and the foreground can not clearly be seen.
Full note reads: "1948 11 Eskimo Grade school girls with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. This was taken on the playground on the north side and the Kobuk River is on the right side of the picture."
Full note reads: "1948 11 Local Shungnak Eskimo students with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. I was the second person on the left in the spotted parka."
Writing on verso reads, "Alaska Range from divide between West Fork Chulitna and Bull River, Mt. McKinley in distant center. Looking north west from Station 12. Elevation 5760 ft."
Additional writing on photo indicates where Cantwell Glacier is located. Writing on verso reads, "Alaska Range at head of Cantwell Creek. Cantwell Glacier in center. Looking North from Station 7. Elevation 5159 ft."
View of Lime Hills as seen from Sparrevohn Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska. Sparrevohn LRRS was built by United States Air Force as Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) remote radar site and operated from 1953-early 1980's. From slide mount:...
View of Leland A. Olson (left) and another man at Sparrevohn Lang Range Radar Site headquarters in western Alaska, with quonset hut in background. Sparrevohn LRRS was built by United States Air Force as Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) remote...
View of Weasel Ridge at Sparrevohn Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska, with building at left. Sparrevohn LRRS was built by United States Air Force as Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) remote radar site and operated from 1953-early 1980's....
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of Heney Range as seen from vicinity of Hinchinbrook Island, Alaska. Also from slide mount: "5-21-55." May 21, 1955. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of Hinchinbrook Island, Alaska, with Heney Range in background. Part of airplane visible at top and left. 1955-1961. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
Aerial view of switchback road at Sparrevohn Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska, with airplane partially visible in photo. Sparrevohn LRRS was built by United States Air Force as Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) remote radar site and...