75 second film clip, color with audio track of Jay Hammond relating a story to Red Boucher about the first time he flew into Talkeetna in 1946. He also stated that he told this story to a graduating class at Talkeetna's high school.
Aerial photograph of a dock and cannery buildings in Bristol Bay. Several smaller buildings are visible behind the cannery. Wing of the plane is visible in the shot. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
A participant in the 1946 Chugach Ski Meet launches off the ski jump tower at Watertank Hill near Ship Creek. A crowd watches the competition from both sides of the run. The rope tow is visible to the left of the tower. The tower was constructed...
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Exterior shot of a log building that housed the Northern Commercial Company Store in Aniak. A large firewood stack stands adjacent to the store. Snow on the ground. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 5".
View of the temporary lighthouse building at Scotch Cap, built after the original lighthouse was destroyed by an earthquake in 1946. From verso: "Scotch Cap Light & fog bldg."
Title taken from verso. View of horseback riders riding away from covered bridge, Kenai River, Alaska. Also from verso: "Last covered bridge in Alaska to come down 1946. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Photographer: Glacier Photos,...
Portrait of Robert "Bob" Atwood, long-time editor and publisher of the Anchorage Times newspaper and chairman of the Alaska Statehood Committee Information on verso: Robert B. Atwood "chats with Hostess Maxine Branham after arriving in...