Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from label on matting. Park ranger Sam Houston with group of tourists at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska during nature tour. Also from label: "(Temp. 132)." Photographer's number 8168....
Title from verso. Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. The men are shown looking for the body of Allen Carpe, who also climbed Mount McKinley in 1932...
Title taken from verso. Full caption on verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first...
Title by indexer. Caption on verso says, "LaV. 1932." Image shows three members of the Lindley-Liek expedition approaching two tents near the head of Muldrow Glacier. The Lindley-Liek Expedition made the first successful ascent of both...
Title from verso. Image shows Grant Pearson and Erling Strom of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. Pearson was a ranger for Mount McKinley National Park and Strom was a...
Title taken from verso of identical photo (UAF-1981-208-7). Verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition...
(3:09 min.) (10 of 28) 10. Fighter planes
About 50 P-40's (fighters) were shuttled across by the aircraft carrier "Ranger". These planes were destined to replace the worn planes in China. One plane landed hard and lost a landing gear.
Title taken from caption. View of Sam Houston, a McKinley Park Ranger, and his dogteam coming down the trail in fairly deep snow. The photo was taken inside Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve).
Title taken from caption. View of Grant Pearson, who was a park ranger at McKinley Park in 1938, with his lead dog Whitey. Whitey is sitting in Grant's sled with the dog-harness in front and a riflecase behind him. There is a forest service cabin...
Title taken from caption. View of one of the park rangers, named John Ramour. Photo taken in Mount McKinley National Park (later called Denali National Park and Preserve).
Title taken from caption. View of Russ Dow on the left and Leona and Sam Houston on the right. Russell Dow is a noted Alaskan photographer. Sam Houston was a park ranger in McKinley Park. Photo taken in Mount McKinley National Park (later called...