Title from caption in album: "Sept 9 - Glaciers + main range at head of middle upper branch of this fork of Techlaneeka". Photograph shows distant mountains covered in snow. Clouds seem to be rolling in (or out) over their tops.
Title from caption in album: "July 24 - An attempt to get McKinley at 9 p.m. forty miles off - Fork of McKinley river below". Photograph shows a distant mountain range as seen through grass on a hill. What appears to be a river can be seen in...
Title from caption in album: "July 27 - Mt. McKinley in clouds 7 miles distant". Photograph shows hillside covered in tundra, with mountains in the background. This photograph is fairly dark.
Title from caption in album: "July 27 - McKinley from Glacial moraine - 3 miles distant. Photograph shows a rocky glacial moraine looking towards Mt. McKinley surrounded by clouds.
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,...
Photograph of Mary Cox. She is holding a pole but it is not clear what she is doing. There is a boat on a raised platform in the distant background. There is no snow on the ground and she is wearing saddle shoes with her parka.
Writing on verso reads, "Alaska Range from divide between West Fork Chulitna and Bull River, Mt. McKinley in distant center. Looking north west from Station 12. Elevation 5760 ft."
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip of the LeTourneau snowtrain. Narration briefly describes the role of the snowtrain in re-supplying the Distant Early Warning [DEW] stations.
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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Title taken from caption. "11517 -- [18] Sledding over the ice of an Alaskan river on long journeys is an undertaking both tedious and perilous. Storms and biting frosts entail great discomfort as well as threaten life. During pleasant...
Title taken from caption. "Picture of the town of Wasilla, Mile 159 on the Government Railroad, taken on the day of the first sale of lots, June 20, 1917. There have been sold 52 lots within this town site, for a total sale price of $5,740.00....