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 taken from front. View of construction worker and steam shovel at Alaska Engineering Commission railroad construction site at mile 83 along Turnagain Arm in Southcentral Alaska, with railroad tracks at left. Also from front: "H-3 A.E.C. H.G....
Title taken from front. View of snowslide at mile 83 1/2 along Turnagain Arm Division Alaska Engineering Commission railroad during construction on Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. H23." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. Men standing in area of snowslide to show extent of snow covering Alaska Engineering Commission railway at mile 83 along Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. H43." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View looking south at mile 83 1/2 along snow covered Alaska Engineering Commission railroad along Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "H-45. A.E.C." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number H45....
Title taken from front. View of snowslide at mile 83 1/2 of Alaska Engineering Commission railway tracks along Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. H38." Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. An Alaska Engineering...
Includes profiles of Wrangell Island, St. Paul's Island and Ugomok Island. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Drawn by Louis Waldecker." Corrected to 1891. "Additions and corrections, in 1889, by the...
Title from caption. Photograph shows the view looking south from mile 387.8. Tents, grading, and railroad track can be seen. The photograph was taken on August 26th, 1917. Caption also reads: "No. 83. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A....
Shows boundary between American and British territories in red. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes offshore soundings in fathoms. Shows the southeaster region of Alaska from Malaspina Glacier south to Skeena River. "Plate no....
Title taken from caption. "Rainbow pass, between Quartz and Teikhell creek. Showing frost on Bushess [sic] Oct. 28 - 98." Photographer: P.S. Hunt, photo No. 83. Reproduced from glass plate.
Title taken from accompanying note. "Dec '83 Tony Zak." A portrait of an old man sitting in a kitchen. There appear to be a bottle of wine and a can of beer sitting on the table.
The photographs primarily relate to Valdez and the Copper River country during the period 1899-1905. Included are photographs of towns, buildings, camps, social events, mining, packing supplies and equipment, people, and scenery. Some photographs...