Title taken from front. Aerial view of Seward, Alaska as seen from an airplane. Ship docked at railroad dock (center). Also from front: "Sylvia's." 1940? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Apple trees near Seward, Alaska are in bloom. Building and fence visible in background. ca. 1940. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
View of railroad depot in Seward, Alaska, as seen from Resurrection Bay. Mount Marathon is visible in the background. 1940? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. A car stopped at mile 33 on the Moose Pass Highway which is now the Seward Highway on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 1940? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from postcard. Postcard of the village of Kodiak in 1940, showing the waterfront and some of the community behind. The W. J. Erskine Co.'s building is prominant in the photo.
277 second film clip, black & white and color/silent of football in Fairbanks during the 1940's-1950's. Two sections one shot in winter with lots of snow on the field and the second shot durng the fall of the year.
Oscar Nictune's parents, Peter Nictune (Niuqtuun) and his wife Tikichuaq. Hidden behind them is Frank Tobuk's house. On the right behind them is Johnny Edward's houses. Photo...
Remains of a log and sod house that Peter Nictune and his wife built at Steamboat on the Alatna River in 1940 or 1941. Photo taken by Johnson Moses in July, 1949 as he and...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows many people standing around some automobiles and trucks on the frozen Chena River. Caption from finding aid reads "Fairbanks, Woody car in background marks it as 1940's". Location is Fairbanks,...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "David Frankson was the Point Hope postmaster. (Mail arrived by air three times a week from Kotzebue, weather permitting and pilot willing. When Bishop Gordon was priest-in-charge at Point...
(5:15 min.) (05 of 27) Alaska Road Commission
Alaska Road Commission -- access in Alaska authority of U. S. Army. Started with authority to create WAMCATS. Three Army officers were to maintain building roads and trails, almost no...
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...
(3:24 min.) (24 of 24) 24 Barge runs Barges were difficult to bring into port, had to judge waves and tides just right. On one trip to Unalakleet, men, women and children off-loaded supplies. In the 1940's the people of Unalakleet wanted...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
41 second, color/silent film clip. From title frame: "Wolfe Collection, 1940 - 1970". Film shows men loading a tour bus onto a C-82 Flying Boxcar at Fairbanks. Aircraft N-Number appears to be N4752C.
Title taken from attached note and back of photograph. "Main building approximately 1935 - 1940. Extreme left - Mrs. Clifford Smith, Mrs Harold Jesting (?) from Baltimore, Mrs. Woole, Mrs. Clausen, Mrs Cremeans, Mrs. Austin Gills, Mrs. Rogge,...