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 verso. Photograph of a man and a woman eating lunch on the grass on campus at the Fairbanks college. Lunch took place on May 1, 1929. For a comparison on weather conditions please see UAF-1958-1026-1025 "Harry Coffey in a parka
Title by indexer. A float plane reading "Alaska-Washington Airways" on the side is docked on the water. The wharf, and buildings on the harbor are seen directly behind. In the far distance, at the bottom of the cliff are rows of houses and...
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...
Title taken from caption. View of flooded street in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 1929. Several people are crossing flooded ground on a wooden sidewalk to the right of the photograph.
Young woman leans against front porch railing of Ellamar School on Virgin Bay, 40 miles NW of Cordova The Ellamar Mining Co. was formed in 1898; a post office was established in 1900 and discontinued in 1929
Title taken from image. Near Fifth and Main Streets; originally from the Russian vessel POLITOFSKY it was sent to the Alaska Territorial Museum in the 1920's, then to the Governor's Mansion in 1929 and later when Calhoun Avenue was widened, it was...
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.