[A check for $5,168,967.71 is presented to Governor Egan by Lyle F. Gones, Chief of the Bureau of Land Management, Division of Engineering. The Check represents Alaska's share of Federal Revenues obtained from public lands under the Mineral...
Title taken from verso. United States Bureau of Indian Affairs official with Bert Bauer (center) and Billy Blackjack Johnson (right) holding first check received by 13th Regional Corporation. Also from verso: "Check was over 7 million dollars. We...
"Eight native Alaskans received diplomas August 10 from the RCA Institutes in New York, marking successful completion of an 18-months course in Industrial and Communications Electronics. All are members of a pilot educational program sponsored by...
Title taken from verso. Billy Blackjack Johnson during military service in U.S. First Infantry Division, Co. E 18th Infantry at check point in Frankfurt, Germany. 1946. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. Winter view of check valve, or flow controlling device, on Trans-Alaska Pipeline north of Atigun Pass in Northern Alaska. 1977? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title from caption.
Caption continues: At up-hill sections along the pipeline, 80 check valves are installed to limit any potential spill. These mechanical valves close automatically in the event of a pressure loss in the line upstream of the...
Driftnet boat brings in sample catch of fish to check for oil contamination. Not allowed to fish because of mousse and oil debris found in their fishing waters caused by the Exxon Valdez - Kenai Boat Harbor (Cook Inlet).
Title taken from verso. Full title on verso reads, "First silo in Fairbanks district perhaps in all Alaska, built by J. F. Hielscher, fall of 1905. Lumber cut and matched by Noyes' Mill = Tanana Lumber Co. Iron bands by Barrack Blacksmith...
(4:10 min.) (08 of 08) Living on a ship and coming back to port steam vessels -- engineer on tug boat; steam -- not as economical; life on a freighter; diesel -- machine shops; Alaska Steam -- shorter trips; more days off; repair and clean-up --...
(7:43 min) (11 of 17) Check your own gas cap
Picked up an L1 observation plane with Sasoon for Fish & Wildlife doing work in Prince William Sound. Flying on Sunday no one around Still had some in main tank as well as auxiliary tank. When...
04 First jobs in Alaska (5:04 min.) (04 of 09) Lockheed Vega took her to Fairbanks. Bush flying was what she wanted, but she couldn't get hired in Fairbanks. Herb Hagler at Fairbanks Air Service wouldn't give her a job as a pilot, but he told...
05 A plane of her own (5:30 min.) (05 of 09) There was no flight instruction in the winter so Pearl was laid off. She spent the winter of 1945 at the University at Fairbanks. She saw the Russian pilots flying the lend lease planes. Margaret...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
07 Followed the lend-lease path (6:32 min.) (07 of 09)
Back then you had to check in with customs every time you stopped. Margaret met up with two others bound for Alaska (Major Ware and Joe Barber), and they figured to save money by taking the...
Verso: Thomas Moffitt, Matanuska Valley dairy farmer, left, becomes Alaska's first borrower as the Federal Land Bank of Spokane inaugurates its credit service in the 49th state. Here Moffitt receives the bank's draft from J. J. Hurley of Palmer,...
Title from verso. "Final check on Douglas A - 20 Havoc attack bomber before take-off to Siberia. All three men in the picture are Russians, but the one on the left is wearing American mukluks (boots) and his parka is a Gaffney jacket, named...