Title from caption. Men outside storefronts on Front Street in the mining town of Olness, Alaska, 1908. Businesses include "Meals and Lunches" eatery, Warehouse 75, No. 15 Store, and the Arctic Trading Co. Corrugated metal building flying the...
(6:26 min.) (15 of 24) 15 Deck Steward Deck steward arranged entertainment and kept the passengers happy with games. Wealthy lady from San Franciso had John Sewick fired. Dart's of Seattle stored the cars of passengers. John Sewick was...
(3:43 min.) (15 of 28) 15. Getting air time
George and a man named Grant Ruth trained as flight mechanics. George did some flying of the DC3's. He wanted to fly other aircraft but there were few civilian planes available for sale or...
Title taken from caption. View of the Katmai cemetery covered in ash. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. July 15, 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of barabaras buried in ash at Katmai Village. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. July 15, 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of Katmai Cemetery buried in ash. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. July 15, 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of the ruins of Vegetation Station 101. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. July 15, 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of the arrival of the expedition at the shore of Katmai Bay. The men are unloading their supplies from boats before returning to the ship in the distance for more. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai...
This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 15, 1961 and depicts the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service building in Fort Yukon, Alaska. The building is a log cabin with a metal roof, and there are antlers hung from the roofbeams over the...
Title taken from front. Group of men in umiaks preparing for race, Snake River, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 1070. Aug. 15, 1908. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. View of people standing in front of Post Office near sled carrying mail, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 956. March 15, 1907. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. View of people skating offshore near dock, Valdez, Alaska. Also from front: "A rare days sport for Valdez, showing skaters on the shore ice, Jan. 15, [19]05." From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society."...
Title taken from front. View of children standing on Valdez-Yukon Railway freight car at dock, Valdez, Alaska, with men and women in background. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number G945. Aug. 15, 1906....
Title taken from front. Members of Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo no. 15 marching in Fourth of July parade, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G619." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G619. July 4, 1917....
View of downtown Anchorage, Alaska, at the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and E Street. Businesses shown include Alaska Airlines, Cheechako Tavern, Hewitt's Drug Store, and Anchorage Appliance. May 15, 1949. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
View of the Northern Commercial Company Building, near the corner of 4th Avenue and H Street, Anchorage, Alaska. Empress Theatre is to the left, and L W Fine Foods is on the corner of 4th Avenue and H Street. May 15, 1949. Original photograph size:...
Title taken from front. Panoramic view of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction of railroad bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska, with crane at left and workers on bridge. Panorama formed by two photographs joined together. Also from...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction of railroad bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska, with crane and workers on bridge. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1897." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View of first train on railroad bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska, after construction, with men standing on flatbed cars and tents at far left of bridge. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1906." An Alaska Engineering Commission...