Handwritten note reads "Mt. McKinley in distance." Seen through what appears to be an airplane window are buildings, and utility poles. The identified mountain is in the distance.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 2 - Horses in plains + McKinley in distance'. Photograph shows a landscape of rocky tundra with Mt. McKinley in the distance. There appears to have been a finger or a bug on the lens.
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 from indexer. Photograph shows a few islands in the distance. One of the islands has a building on it. The building appears to be the Five Finger Lighthouse.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 1 - Attempt to get McKinley in the distance". Photograph shows some grass and a group of deciduous saplings. Mount McKinley can not be seen.
Title from caption in album: "May 5 - West - Down creek + stony forks and adjacent head of Moose Creek in distance". See also: UAF-2009-123-718. Photograph shows snow covered mountains.
Title from caption in album: "May 5 - North from same point - across Divide ranges - Ram Mt. in distance". See also: UAF-2009-123-718. Photograph shows snow covered mountains.
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. "Looking up Kussiloff River from A. F. Co's. wharf. Geo. W. Hume's Cannery in distance." Notes also read: "Clem of San Francisco in river, a small boat in water and one on shore. 75-738, 5x8." Cyanotype (blue) print.
Title by indexer. In this winter scene a group of men are standing a short distance from an aircraft. The nose of the aircraft is covered with a white cloth. The side reads "Fokker" and "Detroit Arctic Expedition. G.H. Wilkins...