View of pilot Noel Wien in Fairbanks, Alaska, preparing for first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome, with Fairbanks Mayor Dr. de la Vergne in derby. From verso: "The personal service which is a watchword with Wien was evident even in...
From verso: "Aerial view of Anchorage (looking from west to east) 9th Avenue at left, along golf course, 1925? Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." From front: "#259." Photographer's number 259. 1925. Photographer: Hewitts Photo Shop,...
In 1925, Norman H. Read (1891-1992) was part of the first expedition to climb Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America. Read returned to make a second ascent of the mountain in 1950, at the age of...
Title taken from verso. Caption on photograph: To Bob & Vide Bartlett, My friends, Noel Wien. Photograph of a Fokker FIII 6 place cabin monoplane, a biplane is in the distance. Verso: June 1925, minutes before taking off on first...
Front view of the Arctic Brotherhood Hall building in Skagway, Alaska. The building front is covered with driftwood. Signs on the building include: "A B [Arctic Brotherhood]," "Camp Skagway No. 1," and "1899" above the doorway. ca. 1925.
Title taken from verso. View of Sable Pass, Mount McKinley National Park (later called Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska, with "bus" from McKinley Park Transportation Co. Also from verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1925....
Title taken from verso. Men standing in front of Hisso Standard J-1 in Alaska. Also from verso: "The boots and caps were modish and efficient attire in 1925 for both aviators and mechanics on planes such as this. "Jenny", Noel Wien's Hisso Standard...
Aerial view looking north, Anchorage, Alaska, with 9th Avenue and Park Strip at bottom of photo. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's numbers C-2 and 259. 1925. Photographer: Hewitt's Photo Shop. Original...
Title taken from image. Verso: (l. to r.) Unknown, Unknown, William L. Paul, Cap Lathrop, Thomas Jensen, Unknown, W.D. Grant, Unknown, Henry Morton, Charles H. Wilcox, Laurence Kerr, Father Kashevaroff, Harry G. Watson, Unknown, Unknown, Joseph H....
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a group of people standing in front of the U.S.S.R. airplane "Land of the Soviets" (Страна Советов) in 1925. Original size is 6.5 in. x 3.75 in.
2 minute, 29 second film clip, black & white/silent.
Images include railroad station in Skagway, travel from Skagway to Whitehorse on White Pass and Yukon Railway, White Pass, passengers, police, and views of White Horse.
Title taken from caption. "Johnny Johnson - Trapped In Paxson Area 1927-31." The note from the back of the photograph indicates that he trapped in the Isabella Pass area from 1925 - 1931.