Photograph of men at Soldiers Summit, the meeting of the two roads that form the Alaska Highway. Probably during ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the Alaska Canada Military Highway, November 20, 1942.
Photograph of the color guard at the completion of the Alaska Highway. Probably during ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Soldiers Summit on November 20, 1942.
Title taken from caption. Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi), Polly Petty, Blanche Kerr, and Beverley Pettyjohn (from left to right) sitting under a tree in front of a house. They gave the house they shared the name "The Bee Hive" and many...
View of original log USO building in Anchorage, Alaska. Buildings cornerstone was laid by General Simon B. Buckner. From caption: "The original USO, cornerstone laid Oct. 1941 by Gen. Buckner ... opening banquet Feb. 12, 1942." 1942. Original...
Title taken from album caption. Verso: "This is Mom in the Park. Ketchikan, Alaska. 1942." Portrait of Celia "Bunnie" Fairbanks (nee Morden) posing beside a fountain in a park in Ketchikan. She founded the Alaska Oyster Company and owned a...
View of bombing of Fort Mears at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Alaska, during World War II. From verso: "News release. Headquarters, Alaskan Command. Public Affairs Division, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506. Phone Anchorage, Alaska (907) 752-9215 or...
From transparency envelope: "Color transparency of historical city of Kodiak including the Russian Church. Original transparency believe made in 1942. By Steve McCutcheon. Repaired and accepted 3 Dec 1986." 1942? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon....
Title taken from verso. Greyhound bus on road to Independence Mine ski facility, Alaska. Also from verso: "Greyhound bus." 1942. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Rear view of school, showing cache at back; located on a sand spit in Port Clarence Bay about 80 miles northwest of Nome; in 1942, 16 students were enrolled
8x10 photo. Title from handwritten note on verso. Full note reads:
"L to R Dispatcher Tom Devane, Capt Al Monsen, Oper Mgr Emmer Bassett, Capt S[.]E[.]Robbins Main Mgr Loren Fernald, [Sta. Mgr?] Clark Bassett, [Mail Spur?] Fred...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Stove & parachute left from 1942 or 1947 by Bradford Washington. Marie Working in the background."