View of two workers climbing the dome atop a "White Alice" facility at Cape Chiniak, on Kodiak Island, Alaska. White Alice was a form of radar built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid 1950's. Built during the height of the Cold War the U.S. Air Force...
View of the radio building at the Cape Chiniak "White Alice" facility, on Kodiak Island, Alaska. White Alice was a form of radar built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid 1950's. Built during the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force intended...
Title taken from caption. View of a crowd of people at the gates and shoots used to control the reindeer during the harvest in Kotzebue, Alaska. Photograph taken in the 1950's. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3".
Title taken from caption. View of a young man holding up the head of a reindeer while two other men work at butcher the animal. Photograph taken in Kotzebue, Alaska. Photograph taken in the 1950's. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3".
Title taken from caption. View of a woman with an infant and several children during the reindeer harvest in Kotzebue, Alaska. Photograph taken in the 1950's. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3".
View of a statue of a Kodiak bear placed in front of the Kodiak Hotel in Kodiak, Alaska. The plaque reads "Presented to the city of Kodiak by Alf Madsen in memory of Charles Madsen who pioneered Kodiak bear hunting". From caption: "50's". 1950's.
View of a statue of a Kodiak bear sitting in front of the Kodiak Hotel in Kodiak, Alaska. The plaque reads "Presented to the city of Kodiak by Alf Madsen in memory of Charles Madsen who pioneered Kodiak bear hunting". From caption: "50's". 1950's.
Title taken from verso. View of Arctic-Pacific Airlines C-46 in Northern Alaska. Printed on airplane: "The Husky Line." Photographer's number C-A. 1950's? Photographer: Don Knudsen. Original photograph size: 7 7/8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. Man loading cargo into Wien Alaska Airlines Norseman airplane at Kotzebue, Alaska. Printed on airplane: "Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc." Also from verso: "On floats in June with sea ice yet." Photographer's number 72. 1950's?...
Two boxes of 3"x 5" typed index cards.
The files contain brief and annotated biographical notes, police blotter style news, obituaries, local news and anecdotes, historical biography of prominent people. Entries often emphasize scandalous,...
Title from verso. Caption reads: "To my Oman Benny. From "Tommie" [or Ronnie]" Verso reads: "Ronald Cuffey. Light - heavy - 180. Jamaica, New York. $17. #30." Image shows an African American man standing in a hallway dressed for a...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "$12. #30." Photo taken at the Galena Air Force Base. Image shows two men in uniform joking around outside a building. An African American airman is pretending to hit another airman with a...
Photograph shows seven Alaskan huskies pulling a sled carrying Gareth Wright up a snowy trail on a bright sunny day. Tall spruce trees and shorter deciduous trees line the far side of the trail.
Photograph shows snow covered peak of Mt. McKinley partially covered with clouds against a blue sky, they are both mirrored onto the surface of Wonder Lake in the photographs foreground.