People identified in caption: top row, left to right: Barry Keown, Col. Hartman, Carl Lomen, Earl Rossman, Henry Bizanion, Alfred Lomen; bottom row, left to right: Capt. A.M. Smith, Valhjalmur Stefansson, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Col. Ben Eielson
Title taken from front. Carl Ben Eielson, his plane, and spectators. From verso: "De Havilland. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 7 5/8" x 13 1/2".
Title taken from front. Sleds carrying bodies of pilot Carl Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland, covered with American flags and surrounded by searchers. 1930. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
Title from verso. "Date (?). Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." The aviator Ben Eielson, wearing a heavy parka and dark goggles, is standing in the foreground. Directly behind, other people are standing near a small aircraft.
Title taken from a commemorative monument. "1897 - 1929. Carl Benjamin Eielson was born at Hatton, North Dakota on July 20, 1897. He was educated in the public schools of Hatton and at the University of North Dakota, receiving his B. A. Degree...
Title from monument text. "Carl Benjamin Eielson enlisted in the Air Service of the United States Army on January 17, 1917. In 1923 he piloted the first airplane in Alaska and in 1924 he flew the first government mail plane in that territory. He...
Portrait of Carl Ben Eielson, Alaska aviator. From verso: "Carl Ben Eilson [sic]. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 7 3/4" x 5 5/8".
Ms. (blueprint copy). Shows location of crash of C.B. Eielson and E.E. Borland with locations of individual pieces of wreckage. "Diagram of the accident executed on the spot, during the excavation, from 5 to 22 February, 1930, by student of the...
Plane wreckage of the airplane flown by Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, their final flight, North Cape, Siberia. From verso: "A wing of the Hamilton first sighted by Joe Crosson and Gillam - the plane flown by Ben and his mechanic Borland...
Airplane wreckage from last flight of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, North Cape, Siberia. From verso: "The engine of the Hamilton thrown 200 ft. - and spot on which the body of Borland was found." 1930. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/4".