"Reconnaissance map of North Fork of Koyukuk and Hammond River drainages," by Robert Marshall, Jess Allen, and Alexander Retzlaf, August 1929 Line map showing camp sites, named peaks, and the Arctic-Pacific Divide
Aerial view,showing waterfront development and mountains in background, possibly taken during U.S. Navy Alaska Aerial Survey Expedition, 1929 Photographer's number 279 Also, on bottom of image is notation "FS-[M1B ?]
Enroute from Seattle to Cordova with Clayton Scott, pilot, and Gordon Graham, mechanic, they made the first commercial flight across the Gulf of Alaska in 1929.
Group photo of (left to right) Billie Ferry, Patsy Henderson, and Peter L. Ferry standing in front of building in Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada. From front: "Carcross, Y.T., Aug. 22, 1929. P. Henderson, one of the first to find gold in the...
Group photo of Peter L. Ferry family standing in front of Alaska Railroad locomotive number 1 in Fairbanks, Alaska. From verso: "Aug. 1929. Ferry family, Fairbanks, Alaska - First train in Alaska. James, Catherine, Frank Diener with Patrick,...
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...
Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
Mary Alice Ferry Diener with man mistakenly identified as George Washington Carmack in Ketchikan, Alaska. George Washington Carmack died in 1922, seven years before picture was taken. From verso: "Aug. 16, 1929. Mary Alice with George Washington...
Photograph of two Alaska Road Commission employees, seated and with their feet on the desk, in the Fairbanks office in February 1929. One is smoking a pipe. From caption: "'At work' during a rush hour."
Portrait of Herbert Lawrence holding a Signal Corps trophy for winning a dogsled race in Fairbanks, Alaska, March 1929. Judge Cecil H. Clegg is in the background with his hand on the sled. From caption: "Herbert Lawrence (half breed) driver of...
Sheldon and Lorena Turner -- Alaskan Survey Expedition Collection contains forty photographs and 1 report relating to the 1932 Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition. The report, "The Land of the Williwaw," was written by Lieutenant R. H. Harrell,...