(6:08 min.) (12 of 20) How train/ship developed--Mr. Skinner--first container shipping industry in the world--Too expensive for American flagged ships--City of New Orleans (Ship) Renamed Alaska (Ship)--denied American registry--Clair Engle...
(2:49 min.) (11 of 20) How train/ship developed--Mr. Skinner--first container shipping industry in the world--Too expensive for American flagged ships--City of New Orleans (Ship) Renamed Alaska (Ship)--denied American registry--Clair Engle...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
62 second, color and black and white, silent film clip. Sequence shows people at the crash site of a Star Airlines Bellanca aircraft. The passengers and crew build a fire and at the end of the clip dog teams arrive.
Title taken from caption. "Alaska Landing Fairbanks, Alaska". Indexer's note - The riverboat Alaska was running from 1913 to 1927 it was renamed Aksala and ran from 1927 to 1952.
Title taken from caption. View of Knife Peak near the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. It was later renamed Mount Griggs for Dr. Robert Fisk Griggs (1881-1962), botanist, whose explorations of the area, after the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912,...
Title taken from caption: "Ship Star of Alaska at anchor in Chignik Bay." View of the ship "Star of Alaska" docked in Chignik Bay, Alaska. The ship started out as the "Balclutha" on January 15, 1887 under British registry, and in 1899 it...
Title taken from caption. View of Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) on Romig Hill in Anchorage, Alaska. 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title from verso. A group of soldiers from Battery "E" pose for a photograph in front of an army tent at Fort Raymond, Seward. Battery "E" was in the 205th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) Battalion (renamed the 420th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft)...
Title taken from verso. Interior of West High School Auditorium, Anchorage, Alaska. West High School originally built as Anchorage High School and later renamed West Anchorage High School. 1956. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph...
Title taken from verso. View of tables and chairs set up in cafeteria inside Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in Anchorage, Alaska. Feb. 19, 1955. Original photograph size: 5" x 8".
Exterior view of Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in Anchorage, Alaska, with cars parked in front. 1955. Original photograph size: 5" x 8".
Title taken from verso. Group of teachers in teachers' room at Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in Anchorage, Alaska. Feb. 19, 1955. Original photograph size: 5" x 8".
View of Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) on Romig Hill in Anchorage, Alaska. Feb. 14, 1956. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 4 1/4".
Aerial view of Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in Anchorage, Alaska, with Chester Creek at above right of school. 1959. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in Anchorage, Alaska, with flagpole at right. July 1956. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 8".
Aerial view of Anchorage golf course in Anchorage, Alaska, with golfers on course and Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in upper center of photo. July 26, 1965. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size:...