Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
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...
View of Santa Claus riding on a dogsled near the tail end of a C-123 airplane at Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This was part of "Operation Santa Claus" out of Elmendorf Air Force Base. From verso: "Santa (Lt. Col. Jay N. Thomas) and helper...
Group portrait; men dressed for cold weather, posing with 23 or more whiskey barrels. Two dogs in foreground are harnessed to a sled. January 1909. Image: Compliments of A. Baritello. Proprietor of the Hotels Hunter and Island, Douglas Alaska. Sole...