May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
132 second film clip, color/silent. Title frame shows "Machetanz Collection 1952-1958". Film shows cargo being unloaded from trucks into a F-27 Propjet airplane, passengers boarding the plane, and the plane taking off. Under the pilot's...
Airplane wreckage from last flight of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, North Cape, Siberia. From verso: "The engine of the Hamilton thrown 200 ft. - and spot on which the body of Borland was found." 1930. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/4".
Airplanes used in search for wreckage from final flight of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, Siberia. From verso: "Plane headquarters near the Nauuk - 90 miles from the wreck." 1930. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/4".
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Eight women and five men pose for portrait in front of Native screen and other art objects; the women are identified, L to R as Elizabeth Congdon, Mary Nordale, Linda Callahan, Peggy Ann Benesch, Esther Reed, Hildie Lowell, Bertha Brooks, and...