Back row: Jimmy Minanow (sp?), Harold Wilcox, O'Brien Stanish, Mamie Minanow, Marshall Green. Front row: Bud Minanow, Joseph Big Jim ("Esther's brother"), Esther Big Jim...
Cora Tobuk Nictune - left; she had a pair of twins and died during the birth, in Alakaket; Eskimo woman; Susie Levine - right; Indian woman; Beatus (Teddy) Levine - far...
Title from indexer. Harold Woods (on left) and Horace Roberts at Rampart. Indexer's note: Identified by Sally Hudson in February 1989. Harold Woods is her brother; the photographer, Tom Evans is her husband.
Title from verso. Indexer's note: Sally Hudson added identification in February 1989. This is Captain Alfred Mayo of Rampart; father of Charles and Mayo Sr., taken in the early 1920's.
Title from verso. Photograph of Charlie Mayo, his children, and a dog. Edward Mayo is at far left and the girl is Kitty Mayo. Indexer's note: Sally Hudson in February of 1989 added further identifications. She wrote that the image was taken...
Title from verso. Photograph of Arthur Pitka holding a rifle and a pair of snowshoes. A lynx is hung from the cabin roof at the far left. Indexer's note: Sally Hudson added further information in February of 1989. She wrote that she grew up...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Arthur Grant, Sr. with wife and children, Andrew Vachon in the background, taken at Tanana." Indexer's note: Sally Hudson added further information in February 1989. Alfred Grant (thinks wife is Evelyn) "Kind...
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...
Title by indexer. This is a half-length black and white portrait photograph of Morris Thompson (1939-2000). Thompson an Athabascan was born and raised in the Yukon River village of Tanana. A well respected leader, he had served his community in...
Title by cataloger. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a popular political figure of his time. He is seen here seated and wearing a dark suit, white round collar and a distinct polka-dotted bow tie. He...
Title from article, published in 1989, about the first officially sponsored derby, held in Juneau in 1947 Note: Dick Harris won the first Golden North Salmon Derby with a 38-pound, 4-ounce salmon
Verso: “Outside the village Naatsilanei heard the sound of a woman crying. It was his wife!” From Fires on the Water, 1989, Naa Kahidi Theater [written by Dave Hunsaker]. Photo by Fred Andrews.
Title and description taken from photo verso.[I]n April 1989 after
Exxon Valdez went aground on Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, AK, 24 March 1989.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo.
Title and description taken from verso. Blandford was on watch at the time of the Exxon Valdez grounding on 24 March 1989. Photo by PAC Ed Moreth, USCG.
Description taken from photo verso. Oil is contained in Sawmill Bay, Prince William Sound April 7, 1989 where a fish hatchery is located. Photo by PAC Ed Moreth, USCG.
Title and description taken from photo verso. Tanker Exxon Valdez is towed to Naked Island in Prince William Sound April 5, 1989, where it was temporarily repaired. Photo by PAC Ed Moreth, U.S. Coast Guard.
Title and description taken from photo verso. A Coast Guard patrol boat from Station Juneau darts across the bow of the Exxon Valdez as the tanker is towed to Naked Is., Prince William Sound for temporary repairs, April 5 1989. Photo by PAC Ed...