Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - Aviation supplies, foodstuffs, special service equipment,, mail and a myriad of other articles are funneled into the mammoth cargo warehouse on the Army Air Base here for aerial shipment via C-47s (Douglas...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - In addition to ferrying Russian aircraft and moving cargo and passengers vital to the war effort, the ATC's Alaskan Division also evacuates sick and wounded by air. The picture shows a hoist equipped with...
Title from verso. "A lift truck backs up to a Commando of the Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, to take off freight. The Commando, the world's largest twin-engined transport plane, weighs about 25 tons when loaded. (Official USAAF...
Title from verso. "A cargo frame containing barracks bags and personal effects of military personnel and crates of supplies is pictures inside a C-47 (Douglas Skytrain) at the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command. The barracks...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - This is another view of an airplane wing being loaded aboard a C-46 (Curtiss Commando) at the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, for the shipment 'up the line'. The wing was raised to...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - This picture shows another type of hoist in operation at the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air transport Command. (Official USAAF Photo)."
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - The powerful cargo hoist is shown here lifting a 2,300- pound aircraft engine up to the door of a C-46 (Curtiss Commando). The frame on which the engine is lashed will be deposited inside the transport,...
United States atlas: maps and charts accompanying the case and counter case of the United States, by the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.
Title taken from album. View of a car ploughing through deep ruts on a muddy road in the vicinity of Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, with buildings in far left background. 1949. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3".
Title taken from front. Buildings and businesses in Ship Creek area. Kootenay Inn, Murray's Lodging, Cosy Inn, Crescent Hotel, White House Restaurant. Ship Creek, Alaska later renamed Anchorage. 1915. Photographer: A. Pyatt. Original photograph...
Title taken from caption: "Waiting for the mail Anchorage, Alaska." People waiting for the mail on the railroad tracks, Anchorage. Alaska Railroad. 1915. Photographer: A. Pyatt. Original photograph size: 3 5/8" x 5 3/4".