Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Verso: William Earnest Beltz, a 47-year-old native of the Eskimo Village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated transition from territorial to State government. Beltz's father, a native of...
(4:37min) (01 of 08) Family background and history father -- blacksmith from Scotland; worked -- Minnesota; moved to Pacific County, Washington; Lebam, Washington -- mother; mother's -- family history; Judson, Beebee -- great-great aunt; family...
(7:24 min) (01 of 19) Early years Born in small town in Illinois on a farm. Saw a tractor as a great improvement. His father said it was not going to be around too long. Couldn't agree with father on other things so took first opportunity...
(3:32 min.) (03 of 28) 3. Mid-air fire On a shake-down flight over Manhattan, the engine caught fire. George's father turned the controls over to his mother and climbed out of the plane. He sprayed the flames with a fire extinguisher. ...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of a Buick service center after a fire in 1947. This occurred at the corner of 1st and Cushman. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title taken from caption. Episcopal Bishop William J. Gordon and Father Mal in Alaska. 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from verso. View of glacial scientist and Jesuit priest Father Bernard Rosencrans Hubbard and pack dog Bozo in Alaska. 1927-1929? Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "taken in the Father's office at Museum." Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Mageik, one of Father Bernard Hubbard's dogs, on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. From May's journal, dated May 23rd: "There are two of Father Hubbard's dogs on board, Magiek and Wolf, they weigh 100 and...
Title taken from caption. Father Kochergin, a Russian Orthodox priest, posing in the Nikolski Church. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. According to May, Father Kochergin was one of only two Aleut (Unangan) priests serving the Russian Orthodox Church. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Father William Duncan of the Church of England in Alaska holding a silver cup. n.d. Photographer: Alice O. Swanson. Postcard. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from verso. Part of the religious ceremony for canonization of Father Herman, Kodiak, Alaska. Also from verso: "Kodiak, Alaska." Aug. 1970. Photographer: Page Photo. Original photograph size: 4 1/2" x 6".
Title taken from label on matting. Three children and Father Bernard Hubbard (partially visible at right) watch Ken Chisholm paint letters on umiak on beach at Nome, Alaska. Umiak was used by Father Hubbard to travel to Point Barrow, Alaska. Also...