(3:58 min.) (13 of 27) Problems with cooks
Camp cooks were brothers, and cooks were good as long as they were sober. One went to Livengood after an argument and got drunk. When he returned and his brother got off shift, he cut up all the...
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 verso. Verso reads: "Sgt. Muesser A.A.C. 1942 Army Test Expedition. (? Listed as Corporal in E. Nillson's diaries.)" The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942....
Title from cataloger's notes. Image has Fairbanks Daily News-Miner property stamp and notes on the verso. Verso reads: "Girl Scout Camp. Harding Lake - 1956. Mrs. Gray (Lola) Tilly. Dips Water. 2 Col." News-Miner stamp reads: When reproduced,...
Title from caption. Verso reads: "$2.50. #30. Galena, Alaska. 1955." Image shows two men in a large kitchen. The man on the left is identified as Pat and the man on the right is identified as Burk. Pots, cooking utensils, sinks and a...
Seven men around a fire roasting hare after a rabbit drive. A tea pot is on the fire too. Identifications are: ? Charles, Jimmie the Turk, Big Steve, Peter Williams and Charlie Peter
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
(4:11 min) (20 of 27) Haul Road -- Cook & conditions
Cook volunteered to go along when he heard about project. He handed out cookies to the kids, helped in building community relations. Construction was moving slow; there were just not...
"SP3 Johnny L. Deston, Engr. Service Company, Ft. Richardson, Alaska, (cook) talks with KP's peeling potatoes (l-r) John Gregory of Bethel, Alaska, Pvt Louis Beebe of Eek, Alaska, and Ham Cleveland of Eek, Alaska. All the Kp's are memebers of the...
Title taken from caption. " View of camp of 15 (men) individuals in front of cabin. Cataloguer's note: This group of men looks like they had just come from laborious work. The cook (with white apron) standing amidst them gives the impression...
Title by Cataloguer. "A group of food service students/employees are standing, inside a dining room. They are wearing waitress uniforms consisting of long light colored dresses with stiff collars, and white shoes. The lady in the center, who...
Title taken from caption. " Bunk houses and cooks house, Cliff Mine, Valdez Bay, Alaska." Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G3610. Reproduced from glass plate.
Photo caption reads "Cook, Emil Schoop; flunky Joe Danish; pump man, Fagen." View is the interior of the kitchen at the Independence Mine with three men looking in from a doorway. One of the men is holding a large stack on plates and bowls. There...