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. "L.T. Erwin's Teams with largest loads of wood ever hauled in the country largest load 7 1/2 CDS, smallest load 6 CDS. Photo by Johnson."
Title taken from caption. "L. T. Erwin's teams Hauling in the country largest load 7 1/2 CDS, smallest load 6 CDS. Photo by Johnson." See identical photograph UAF-1989-166-383 & postcard UAF-1989-166-1186. Black & white postcard.
Title taken from verso. View of farm workers working in hay field on Warner farm in Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with buildings in background. Also from verso: "Matanuska Valley. 1935." Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title from image caption; other information provided in caption: Nuggest found at 9 Below Upper Discovery, Dominion Creek; weight - 126 and 60/100 ounces Two miners, seated in front of canvas tent in camp, hold a gold pan containing large...