(4:38 min) (06 of 17) Flying history, quit commercial flying 1960 quit flying so he could spend summers furthering education. Sam White gave advice, Harold Gilliam, Wien's, the real bush pilots or first wave of air pioneers. More...
Title taken from front. View of grave and grave marker for Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, Skagway, Alaska. Tombstone reads: "Jefferson R. Smith. Age 38. Died July 8, 1898." 1898. Original photograph size: 4 1/8" x 6 1/8".
Dutchman, Matilda (maker). Single-rod, coiled willow root tray with star and floral design. The tray is large and circular. The interior is decorated with multi-colored, aniline-dyed grass in yellow, red, green and purple in a seven-point star and...
Title taken from caption. 1937 or 38 ? Mastodon Creek (way ahead after creek) Placer Mining operation. Elevated boxes used very efficiently. Pay dirt and lots of rocks (schist slabs) was dumped by the dragline into well constructed box with...
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...
Title taken from front. View of reindeer herd, Teller, Alaska. Photographer's number 38. n.d. Photographer: N. V. Co. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6 3/4".
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.