(9:56 min.) (06 of 09)
River conditions
villages; Galena; Fairbanks; hauled horses; north slope; big wheels; Yukon River bridge; couldn't get passed rapids; pushed it over; Lyndon transport; rapids downstream; fast; Rampart; advertising; Bush...
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...
Accession Number: 98-7-213 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Cribbage board carved from a walrus tusk. The tusk sits on a base with freely-turning wheels. Attached to the top side of the tusk are carved sculptures of a man...
Aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska, looking east toward Chugach Mountains during Fur Rendezvous carnival, with amusement rides, people, buildings and automobiles. 1968. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Aerial view of food vendors and people riding ferris wheel at the Fur Rendezvous carnival in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Knik Arm can be seen in the background. Sign on trailer reads: "Mt View Lions". 1968. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, flown by Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga in an attack on Dutch Harbor, June 4, 1942. His plane was hit on the oil line. When Koga attempted to land on Akutan Island, the wheels of his plane sank between hummocks,...
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.