Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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5 maps on one sheet. Engraved for Millar's New complete & universal system of geography. Components: Chart of the new Northern Archipelago; discover'd by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir -- Chart of the Canary Isles &c. -- Chart...
Relief shown by hachures. "North America. No. 3." Border includes geographical and historical information. From Carey's Complete historical, chronological, and geographical American atlas. Engraved by J. Yeager.
Cover title: Kroll's pocket map and traveler's guide of Alaska and Yukon, a complete roadhouse and trail guide showing all the latest information regarding railways, wagon roads, highways, waterways and trails; also the correct location of all...
5 maps on one sheet. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography." Components: Chart of the new northern archipelago, discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir -- Chart of...
Shows land and sea routes to Alaskan and Klondike gold fields with distances. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Possibly from Scott & Browne's Complete handy atlas of the world. In color.
Possibly the earliest of published maps of the Nome, Alaska, gold fields, consisting of 4 maps on one sheet. Published copy of hand drawn sketch maps complete with original misspellings, showing creeks and topography of the Cape Nome gold fields. ...
Title from verso. Two men stand with tents along a ridge on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Silhouetted against leaden sea and sky, two American servicemen stand on the snow-covered ground of Amchitka Island occupied jointly by Army and...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of a camp during the advance across Attu Island. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay." "Attu Island--When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...