(5:26 min) (13 of 19) Automobile repair shop Bobby Sheldon. Machine building and transportation. Tourism. Bought out automobile repair shop, and took over the buildings.
Title from verso. View of a large assembly of automobiles, identified as mostly Fords, parked in a grassy field. Appear to be predominantly Ford Model Ts. Men in suits and hats can be seen standing between the cars. Hills are visible in the...
Title from verso. View of car races at a 4th of July celebration in Fairbanks in 1917. Formally dressed men and women are sitting on bleachers behind the racing track. Several of the women are holding parasols. Photo may have been taken...
(3:39 min) (14 of 19) Business grew Within five years he needed to expand the shop. Moved into a building built by McPhee who opened a saloon and rented the rest out. Fairbanks Exploration Company [FE Co.] was across the street. Largest...
(4:50 min) (16 of 19) Popularity of road travel Was able to work on 35 cars at a time. Traveled to Detroit for a General Motors dealers' convention. Visited family before returning to Alaska. Met, courted and married his wife, Miss Flora...
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,...
Title taken from caption. Excerpt from caption: "From 11 am to 2 pm the sky of Anchorage was in total darkness. Result from the eruption of Mt. Spurr on 9 July 1953. Photograph taken about 5 pm. Car to the left is a Chrysler. Car to right...
Title taken from caption. View of damage to Rambler-Buick building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after March 27, 1964 earthquake, with gas pumps in front of building another building in right background. Sign in window reads: "Rambl[er] Buic[k]."...
View of damage to a building tentatively identified as Alaska Sales and Service in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. In the background, to the left of the damaged structure, a Union 76 gas station is visible. Power lines,...
Winter view of downtown Nome, Alaska, with cars parked along street. Businesses shown include: Board of Trade Bar, Nevada Bar, and Larry Galvin Dodge Plymouth Sales and Service. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
View of person being tossed into air during blanket toss on Nome, Alaska street, with spectators looking on. Businesses shown include: Larry Galvin Dodge Plymouth Sales Service and Nome Hardware. 1950's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original...
Title by indexer. Photograph shows three nurses sitting in an automobile being driven by a man. The automobile is decorated with a banner and flags and seems to be part of a parade of vehicles, maybe for Independence Day. Original size is 7...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a woman with two men leaning against an automobile. The automobile has a sign on it with a Pacific Alaska Airways logo on it.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows the front of an automobile. The front window appears to be broken. Another automobile and a few buildings can be seen in the background.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an automobile parked next to an airplane. The automobile appears to be a transport van of some sort and has a small model of an airplane mounted to the front of vehicle.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a group of men sitting along the running board of an automobile, a few men are also leaning against it. The automobile has model airplane mounted on the front of it.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man who appears to be Joe Crosson standing next to an automobile decorated with streamers. The automobile also has a model airplane mounted on the front of it. Crosson appears to be in front of a Pacific...
Title from caption. "[C #] 421 converted into Autosleigh, Nome, Apr. [illegible]". A snowmobile created from automobile by replacing the front tires with skis. A man wearing dark glasses and hat is at the steering wheel.