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...
Title from monument text. "Carl Benjamin Eielson enlisted in the Air Service of the United States Army on January 17, 1917. In 1923 he piloted the first airplane in Alaska and in 1924 he flew the first government mail plane in that territory. He...
View of Alaska Department of Highways sign for Wrangell Mountains in Southcentral Alaska. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Wrangell Mountains. The mountains as viewed to the east are, left to right: Mt. Sanford, 16,210 feet, 52 miles...
Title from sleeve. View north down a dirt road, with a few wooden buildings and snowy hillsides in the distance. Photographer's numbers: 4 3169 48, 1927. 4 X 5 B&W negative.