Unknown military personnel standing beside a PBY Catalina seaplane during World War II on an airstrip at Adak Island, Alaska, with propellers in motion. Surface on the ground is Marsden matting (perforated steel plating that interlocks to provide a...
View of men with airplane on runway at Elmendorf Air field (later Elmendorf Air Force Base), Alaska during World War II, with roof of jeep in foreground and Chugach Mountains in background. 1942-1944. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from verso. Women in costume and several service men at roulette wheel with fake money during "Bonanza Days" in USO building in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Bonanza Days. Helen Lawrence & Martha Stowell at gambling table. Note...
Several men stand in the snow outside a trailer that had caught fire. Items from the trailer are lying on the ground; a ladder is propped against the side of the trailer. Several containers are stacked beside the door. Original photograph size: 2...
Summer photograph of an Alaska Highway construction crew. The men are posed in front of a large building; two signs on the building read: "Danger". A portable radio? sits on the ground in front of the men. Original photograph size: 4 x 5 inch.
Winter view of the large log building that housed the USO Club, SW corner of 5th Avenue and G Street, Anchorage. A car is parked outside the building. Verso: "This is the USO--taken with Andy's box camera." Original photograph size: 2 7/8 x 4 1/2...
Three men practise their marksmanship at a firing range, possibly at Fort Richardson. Two other men look on. Scattered snow on the ground. Original photograph size: 3 x 4 3/8 inch.
Exterior of the Fifth Ave. Beauty Salon on 5th Avenue in Anchorage. Sign above door reads: "Fifth Ave. Beauty Salon 'Where Beauty & Service Meet' Phone Green 117 Open Evenings". Original photograph size: 2 7/8 x 3 7/8 inch.
Interior shot of a mess hall at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. Ingrid Bergman is seated at a table eating Christmas Dinner with servicemen. Verso: "Ingrid Bergman ate at one of the camp's mess halls--but we didn't have the luck this time."...
Title from Verso. Two men look at a piece of farm machinery (a tiller?) attached to a tractor. Four children are seated on the tractor and machine watching them work. Several farm buildings are visible in the background. Original photograph size: 3...
Verso: "Took this one Sunday morning after services at the Kashim (Note the futuristic alter!)". The Kashim Club was an 11th Air Force Club at Ft. Richardson. Original photograph size: 3 x 2 1/2 inch.
Interior shot. Two servicemen stand in the middle of the photography lab at Ft. Richardson. Sign on the door reads "Film ?". Original photograph size: 6 3/4 X 9 1/4 inches.
Title taken from caption. Group photograph of USO volunteers and military personel. Caption reads; "Group portrait of USO volunteers. Includes Beverley Pettyjohn, Beulah Marrs, Helen Lawrence, and Polly Petty. Circa 1942-1944. Anchorage." Photo...
Title taken from caption. General Simon B. Buckner inside Anchorage, Alaska USO building. Also from caption: "Killed in Okinawa." 1942-1944. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from caption. Lloyd Cleaves, director of Anchorage, Alaska USO pretends to set up bowling pins in USO building in Anchorage, while another man looks on at right. 1942-1944. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from front. Group of soldiers lined up to get food during Thanksgiving meal at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with other soldiers eating in right background. From caption below photo: "In the canteen." 1942-1944. Original photograph...