Title taken from creator's notes. Notes read: This was a picture Cecil bought. It was somewhere on the Richardson Highway and was part of the Alaska Highway. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title from cataloger's notes. Full note reada: "Taking delivery of two twenty-eight passenger beck recliner seat buses at factory in Sidney, Ohio, June 1945. Left to right - Paul Greimann - owner and Steve Neuber - driver. Buses were driven...
Title by indexer. Cataloger note reads: "Two Beck Mainliner Buses from factory in Sidney, Ohio and three Ford Buses from factory in Union City, Indiana, being driven over Alaska Highway to Fairbanks, Alaska. Buses and drivers at overnight stop...
Title from cataloger notes. Full note reads: "Sargent Luis Reis - USAF, Ladd Field, in front of bus he helped drive from Union City, Indiana to Fairbanks, Alaska, over the Alaska Highway in Feburary 1943."
(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
Title by indexer. Three men pose next to a small boat and pick-up truck, with the result of their hunting efforts. This photograph is part of a series taken during the construction of the Alaska Highway.
Title by indexer. Photograph of a street in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, with the Whitehorse Inn and a beer parlor in the background. Soldiers and military vehicles are visible, as are civilians. Photograph was taken during the...
Title by indexer. Photograph of four men standing outside the door to the Metcalf, Hamilton, Kansas City Bridge (MHKCB) Company Camp theater in Dawson Creek. The theater is in a Quonset-style building. This photograph is a part of a...
Title from cataloger notes. Full cataloger notes read: "Passenger and two children arrival over Alaska Highway from Key West, Florida. The longest trip ever recorded at that time traveling by bus."
Title taken from caption. "Hyland river bridge 322 mi W. of Nelson." Cataloguer's note: Some of the bridges along the Alaska Highway were built by advanced team of engineers who were usually flown in by float planes. Seasonal weather it seems...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Cushman and Second Streets, flags are hung in preparation of the Winter Carnival. Visible is Lavery's Grocery, Quality Liquors, Mecca Bar and the Empress Theater. Caption: It was said during this...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Lavery's Grocery Store with flags waving in preparation for the Winter Carnival. Caption: It was said during this period of time that two families essentially owned the city. The Lavery...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of the Lavery Building with the following caption: From the left side of this picture, you see the door that leads to the second floor (over Laverys grocery store on the south-east side of 2nd and...
Title taken from caption. View of three paintings by Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow on display at the Palmer Library in Palmer, Alaska. Mrs. Dow, the first woman truck driver to drive the Alaska Highway, is sitting in a wheelchair beneath a self portrait....
Title taken from caption. View of a group of Elks club members gathered in a bar in Talkeetna, Alaska. The woman sitting at the table is Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow, the first woman truck driver to drive the Alaska Highway. Photo taken in Dec. 1972....