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 from accompanying notes. In the distance are several men who are climbing to the saddle between two mountain peaks. In the foreground are cliffs of snow.
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 caption. Photograph of a sternwheeler pushing a barge full of cargo. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below shows how steamers pushed huge loads of freight before then both up & down river."
Title from caption. Photograph of a group of passengers ashore while sternwheeler loads wood for fuel. Man at left is Charles Bunnell. Narrative in photo album reads: "A group of passengers ashore while boat takes on wood. At the left of...
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Barging on the river
barging; river history; summer -- Galena; hauling 140 ton loads; river trips; whole life on river; Holy Cross; freight; Nenana; Yukon; million gallon barge; Nenana; Fairbanks; Core of Engineers; Chena...
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 Stereograph. "244-11518 -- This view shows a group of natives on the banks of the Yukon. The Yukon flows through the central part of Alaska for a distance of about 1,200 miles. Fish are an important food production in Alaska....
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Returning to 12,000ft camp from carrying loads to Browne Tower. Pete Haase in foreground, 12,000ft camp appears as dots in upper middle of slide."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "The Road - no more heavy loads to carry. We reached it at 12:25 PM. Pierre Juillerat (left), Marie, & Bob Working."
Title taken from caption. A group of men are seen here with a number of pack animals, possibly mules, carrying heavy loads. The caption indicates that the image is hand colored. What appears to be a pipeline, possibly for carrying water to...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, gold prospectors headed for Fairbanks taken on the Summit --25 miles from Valdez". Very early one morning we moved our camp over the pass. Heavily loaded, we were late in reaching the summit. Ten...
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 caption. "L. T. Erwins Teams, Drawing Thirty Cords of Wood to the N. C. Co. [Northern Commercial Company], Size of Loads, 7 1/2, 7, 6, 3 1/2 Cords." See identical photograph UAF-1989-166-383. Black and white postcard.
Title by indexer. "Igloos" (cargo containers) sit on elevated platforms and cargo lifts, and other boxes sit stacked on cargo trailers. At right, a forklift loads or unloads boxes to or from a Wien Consolidated jet. The fuel truck at center...