Note on verso of image: "The first section of this building was the classroom; the middle section was our undercover play space." Children identified by number as follows: 1) Harold Gene, age 11; 2) Alex Sinyou, age 12; 3) Judith Schoanover, age 6;...
Ocha Potter, age 20. "In the early spring of 1898 came rumors of war with Spain. Soon war was declared. My father and grandfather had been Civil War veterans. An earlier ancestor had been an officer with George Washington's staff. Another had...
Title from sleeve. William Karl Hickel, age 5, and Joe Hickel, age 13, stand on the stairs at the governor's mansion during the inauguration party for their father Walter Hickel. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Color postcard with the title on the front. On the back it reads: Dear Bartlett, I am positive this will interest you-you were five years of age at the time-and just as fine a boy as you are a man. Sincerely, A. J. Raynor (Al)
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...
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 from caption. Portrait photograph of Edith Moore age 8 years and 7 months. Caption reads: "My daughter Edith taken at Tacoma, 8 years & 7 months old."
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
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...