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...
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...
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 notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Pete Haase, the McKinley River, & Mt. McKinley; the end of a very successful expedition."
Title from accompanying notes. "Approaching Camp 2, which was not very far above the rest stop. Climbers in the distance are carrying loads beyond Camp 2." Snow, mountains, and several mountain climbers and a camp in the distance.
Title taken from caption on slide. "[Fairbanks] flood. Fort Wainwright HHC 171st August 20, 1967." Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were taken by Mark C. Glunz, who was at the time assigned to the 171st infantry Brigade...
Title taken from caption. Alan May displaying his camera to the schoolteacher at Nikolskoye, Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of airplane standing in the snow at an airport with the engine covered with a tarp and a heater aimed at the plane. Possibly Merrill Field, Anchorage. Original photograph size 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of complex pipes and machinery at Pump Station 1, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 1975-1976? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10 1/8" x 8".
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of material storage site near Hess Creek during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction and road construction in Interior Alaska. Sept. 19, 1972. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title supplied by cataloger. Guiding or Jobs. Possibly O'Brien Creek. Man possibly Joe Redington Sr. Dry grass on flatland and low hills in distance. Original format: 35mm color slide