Title from accompanying notes. An ice-axe at the top of Mount Miyazaki, to which has been attached two flags (USA and Japan) and a placard.The names read: Peter E. Haase, Noburu Morikawa; Ryu Nakajima; Hiromasa Haneda. The sign has been dated...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
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.
Choy, Terence (artist). Size: 17 x 30 x 12 in. Medium: Metal, plastic, and acrylic paint 17" gold pan mounted on 3 castors; pan partially painted in blended oil colors; 3" letters ('a' 's' 'l') and number (5) bolted to pan; red dashed arrow on...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "$12. #30. F-86. Galena Air Force Base. Alaska. 1955." Image shows a man dressed in military uniform standing on the side of an F-86 fighter jet, near the open cockpit. A pilot wearing a helmet...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "$12. #30." Photo taken at the Galena Air Force Base. Image shows two men in uniform joking around outside a building. An African American airman is pretending to hit another airman with a...
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "F-186s. 55." Verso reads: "$12. #30. 1955. Galena, Alaska." Five fighter jets are parked outside a hangar on the Galena Air Force Base. A flight control tower is visible at the back of the hangar.
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George drove to Seattle in a car he'd built. In Colorado, the engine caught fire. He made temporary repairs. He had to follow trucks that cut through the snow before him. A woman ran him off the...
Title taken from image. Drinking water bag hanging in front of the mess tent on Shemya. Large sign outside the tent reads "Home of Homely Herbert's Horrible Hashburgers" smaller sign reads "Mess Schedule Breakfast 6:45-8 Early Chow 11- 11:15...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "Galena, Alaska. $12. #30." Image shows a man standing on the wing of a parked multi-engine jet plane. A few more men are standing behind the plane and behind a large fuel truck parked on the...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "Galena, Alaska. $12. #30." Image shows an airman identified as Rose, sitting half-inside of the cockpit of what appears to be a Northrop F-89 Scorpion. The words "Air Force" are painted in large...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. No. 8520. Stamped: Louis Weule, 418 Battery Street, San Francisco, Chronometer Maker, agent for U.S. Hydrographic and [illegible]." 81 x 102 cm.
(4:48 min.) (09 of 24) 09 Food and health on-board the ship Beef served frequently and caused complaints. Sometimes it was the waiter's fault, sometimes it was the traveler's fault, and sometimes it was the sea. The nurse had to help lots...