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Winter road north from Eagle and Circle to the DEW line. Built by Alaska Freightline. LaTourneau trains, made for the desert, were not very successful here. Less paperwork makes for more fun in the...
(3:09 min.) (27 of 28) 27. Pilot for Governor Egan George used to fly Gov. Egan back and forth to Juneau. Egan liked George's harmonica version of "Springtime in the Rockies". George then flew the Seattle run, which he had always wanted to...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "The American Legion Hall at Glennallen (post 27) was used for the first [time] on Good Friday, as the Emergency shelter for the citizens of Valdez, and used as one of the three mess halls...
View of Westchester Lagoon and Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska, with people planting in center and downtown Anchorage in left background. From caption: "Sept. 27, 1980." Sept. 27, 1980. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from verso. View of decorated altar area in the Russian Orthodox church at Russian Mission, Alaska on the Yukon River. From caption: "Elaborate altar in Russian Church." June 27, 1928.
Title taken from caption. View of men loading chopped wood onto a wheelbarrow to be taken to a river steamer on the Yukon River in Alaska. Several other men pick through the wood pile. From verso: "The Yukon river boats burn wood! They stop...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction workers setting the powder line before blasting near Potter Creek, Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G274." From verso: "Setting powder line. Potter...
Title taken from front. View of black smoke from blasting during Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction, Turnagain Arm, Alaska. From front: "A.E.C. G272." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G272. Jan. 27,...
Title taken from front. Winter view of Thomas Rosso & Co.'s Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction site, Turnagain Arm, Alaska. From front: "A.E.C. G273." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G273. Jan. 27,...
Title taken from front. View of coal train on its way to Anchorage, Alaska from Moose and Eska Creeks in Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G326." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G326. Feb. 27, 1917....
Title taken from front. Winter view of partially constructed wagon bridge at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction camp, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G399." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number...
Title taken from front. View of men and horses standing in front of pile driver during Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G398." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. Group photo of members of Valdez Sunday school aboard ship on a trip to Columbia Glacier, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number G865. June 27, 1906. Photographer: P.S. Hunt....
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway passenger train arriving at Matanuska Junction, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G127." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G127. Sept. 27, 1916....
Title taken from front. View of hay crop near Matanuska Junction, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G128." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G128. Sept. 27, 1916. Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original...
Title taken from front. View of men and horse drawn cart in front of ranch house, near Matanuska Junction, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G567." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G567. June 27, 1917....
Title taken from front. View of potato field on ranch, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G568." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G568. June 27, 1917. Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original photograph size: 6...
Title taken from front. View of newly planted garden on ranch, Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with log building in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G569." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G569. June 27, 1917....
Title taken from front. View of farm land newly planted with various types of grain, Government Agricultural Experiment Station, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G571." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number...