The Harry Heins material consists of a photograph album documenting the building of the Canol Highway. The Canol (short for Canadian Oil) Road was a project that built a pipeline and a road from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada, to...
Title from accompanying notes "27 March. Milepost 0 on the Alcan; Hat, Hiro & Pete." Beginning of Alaska-Canada Highway at Dawson Creek. Three men stand under the milepost sign. Three flags are on the milepost, and roadside businesses and their...
Title from accompanying notes. "The ALCAN". The approach to a community on the Alaska-Canada Highway. A green, single-story building is on the right, as is a silo or other tall, cylindrical storage unit.
Title from slide index prepared by Peter Haase 14 July 2006. "The ALCAN at Tok. Note: It's paved in Alaska, but is gravel in the Yukon: the transition from gravel to pavement is literally at the Canadian/US border." A roadside cafe in Tok,...
From caption: "Late in September, 1942, this truck was driven up the Alcan from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse - the first truck to make the entire trip." From verso: "Approved for release, U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Corps of Engineers, P.O....
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Up ahead, a lumber rig which had jackknifed in the soft shoulder and was blocking the ALCAN highway. Occured before we reached Canadian Customs at Beaver Creek. View is from...
Title taken from caption. A bear cub is standing in the front yard in the background in the shade there is a large two story house a group of men are standing in front seemingly watching the bear.
Title taken from caption. Two bears can be seen peering in what looks like a pile of wood rubble. One bear is perched high while the other is standing beneath him.
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: A bear cub appears to be eating or taking something from a man's outstretched hand. The man on the right and those in the background are looking at this spectacle with amusement.
Title taken from caption. Two bears are in the woods, one is busy foraging for food in the large garbage pit, while the other seems to be walking away.
Title taken from caption. In this picture a man is holding a can as the bear leans forward to drink. Next to the man, another is kneeling in front of a bear cub and is gesturing playfully. The man in the background appears to be watching.