Title from verso: Alaska Road Commission [garage?] at Fairbanks Alaska. Sign above door reads: Alaska Road Commission. Identified on verso: Clyde Collins, George Myers, Ves [?] McMillen, Archie Collins, Tommy Carr, Harold Arneson.
Photograph shows man near front of the ARR engine 1 and the Alaska Railroad streamline Aurora. The north side of the old Fairbanks Alaska Railroad Depot is seen to the right of the train cars.
Title from album caption Full caption: "From deck of S.S. BERTHA , at anchor, Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, April 28, 1912. Present summer terminal of Alaskan R.R. to Fairbanks Alaska. #1. Didn't look any too good. McNeil snap shot"
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title taken from back of photograph. "The car running between the college and Fairbanks Alaska in 1928 - 1929." The self powered rail car from the J. G. Brill Company, or Brill car, ran between College and Fairbanks.
Title from caption. "Celebrating 4th July at Fairbanks Alaska, 1904. L.E. Robertson, Photo." Panoramic photograph of the Independence Day celebrations in Fairbanks, 1904. A crowd is gathered around the Fairbanks Court House. City hall is a...
(4:51 min) (02 of 25) Personal background
office work; Valdez; Ketchikan; steamship company -- like family; spirit of adventure; Alaska Steam -- important community; changes; Fairbanks; Alaska Railroad; competition; freight
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,...
Title taken from caption. "December Sun. Copy righted 1915 by A J Painter Fairbanks Alaska. "Photograph of Sun. Taken the shortest day in the year. Dec 21th 15 min Exp." Indexer's note: It is possible that the shot is taken over a...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a large group of women and two men dressed nicely. They appear to be members of the Order of the Eastern Star. One women is named on the photograph, Mrs. W. N. Rolston marked by an "x", on the verso her...
Interior view of the Empress Theater, erected 1927. Written on the right side is The Empress Fairbanks Alaska. World's Farthest North Theater. Fireproof Construction Throughout. Erected 1927.