02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
Title taken from caption. View of ski jump and skier at City Ski Bowl, Anchorage, Alaska, with spectators. Sky jump built in 1939 by Civilian Conservation Corps. Photograph taken Feb. 23, 1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from caption. View of skier and ski jump at the City Ski Bowl, Anchorage, Alaska, with spectators. Ski jump built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Photograph taken Feb. 24, 1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
A participant in the 1946 Chugach Ski Meet launches off the ski jump tower at Watertank Hill near Ship Creek. A crowd watches the competition from both sides of the run. The rope tow is visible to the left of the tower. The tower was constructed...
Alan May poses in front of Mendenhall Glacier. From May's journal, dated May 27th: "The glacier is indeed a very wonderful sight - stupendous and magnificent. ...The blue and green coloring of the icy depths has to be seen to be believed."--p. 12....
Two men standing beside World War II sign forbidding civilian photography, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Text of sign: "He likes your snapshots. Civilian cameras, binoculars & firearms forbidden on this reservation. Think before you snap." 1941-1945....
Title taken from label on matting. View of pens and kennels built by United States Civilian Conservation Corps for park rangers' dog teams in Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska, with dogs visible in pens...
Title taken from label on matting. View of tents and truck at United States Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. Also from label: "(Temp. 137)." Photographer's number...
Title taken from label on matting. View of park ranger with tourists at dog kennels built by United States Civilian Conservation Corps at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. Also from label: "(Temp. 80)."...
Title taken from label on matting. View of sled dogs in pens and kennels with dog's name on each enclosure, built by United States Civilian Conservation Corps for park rangers' dog teams at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park...
Title taken from verso. View of man in tent at United States Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska, with truck parked in front. Photographer's number 8172. Sept. 1938....
Title taken from label on matting. View of United States Civilian Conservation Corps workers constructing dog equipment storage at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska, with sled dog visible in enclosure...
Title taken from label on matting. View of United States Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park and Preserve), Alaska. Also from label: "(Temp. 89)." Photographer's number 8131. Sept. 1938....
Title taken from label on matting. Two United States Civilian Conservation Corps workers salvaging lumber to use in constructing boardwalk in Saint Michael, Alaska. Photographer's number 7964. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original...
Ski jump and skier at City Ski Bowl, Anchorage, Alaska, with spectators. Ski jump built in 1939 by Civilian Conservation Corps. Also from verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1939-1945. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".