(4:15 min) (19 of 27) Haul Road -- Bettles
Once they made it to Bettles they had to refit equipment. There was too much wind north of Bettles, canvas was okay for a while but had to build with more substantial metal and wood. Snow ramps to...
The collection includes images of a 2,500 mile inspection trip to northern and interior Alaska which Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott (President of the Alaska Road Commission) and R.J. Sommers (Territorial highway engineer) took in 1928.
Basket made of willow and with single rod coiling. Is small
and round with a slight constriction at the rim. Has small
designs that consist of three parallel vertical lines which are
done in colored wool or sewing thread, in a variety of
colors. 6...
Female Doll with wood stand. !
(A) Doll. Wood face, lightly carved with black ink for eyes
and red ink for mouth. Plastic black hair across face. Large
red fox ruff, shaved beaver parka, white cloth with flower
decoration around bottom edge with...
One pair of leather work gloves that have a beaded section
on the front, bordered with brown beaver fur. The
beadwork design shows two flowers at the top and a bush
plane below. There is a white background and the section is
bordered with red and...
Oval shaped, 6 3/4" x 3 1/2", smoked moose hide, white
flannel on inside of case, beadwork sewn to white felt, pink
and green beaded edging, white beaded background with
fluorescent pink and burgundy flowers, and green beaded
leaves, the beads are...
Frank and Dora Tobuk in front of their house in Bettles in 1978. Photo by Curt Madison. It appears on the back of Frank's biography by Curt Madison and Yvonne Yarber written...
See the numbers on the photo: 1. Tishu (Stokes) Ulen; 2. Nellie McNeal "Little Nellie ... she stayed for the summer with us." 3. Jay ?; 4. Madame Melbourne; 5. Mrs. Brown; 6....
Title by indexer. "Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Airplane Service Fairbanks, Alaska Chas. L. Thompson, Mgr. Passenger and express rates--1928." This card lists the destinations (to and from Fairbanks) and prices for the Bennett-Rodenbaugh...
Title from verso. "By James L. Anderson photo Bettles, Alaska yr. Photo [reproduced] by Jerome Lardy June 1979. Kay J. Kennedy P.O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708."
Title from verso. "Job in Bettles, 1962 Al Blackett." A color photograph of a camping area with a tent and various metal canisters and other cooking utensils scattered in front of the tent. Three men wearing work clothes and hard hats are seen...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Bella, Bettles Chief Ivan of Coschaket. [The Chief was one of the head council during the Tanana Chiefs Conference (first conference of Native land rights, held on July 5, 1915). See UAF-1989-166-384,...
Title taken from image. Image: Back row: Gordon Bettles, Pete McDonald, Barney Hill, Frank Buteau, Geo. Matlock, Al. Mayo, John Nelson, Billy Loyd, J. O'Donnel, L. LaFlem Center: Jas. Kenedy, H. Scales, Pete Nelson Front row: H. Hamilton...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of trucks heading up frozen John River from Bettles before completion of Haul Road in Interior Alaska, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 29, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original...