Two horses haul a hay wagon, one man rides and two other are nearby. Another horse is in the background. These three horses are all the horses in Fort Yukon at this time. The men are identified as Dinny O'Brien, George Busoks and George...
(3:28 min.) (13 of 28) 13. Whitehorse and Fairbanks
George stayed awhile in Seattle and saw Boeing in full wartime production. Eighteen to twenty B-17's a day were produced. He went to Whitehorse, YT. Bill Lavery was a pilot for Morrison...
(5:01 min.) (22 of 28) 22. Flying in western Alaska
George still needed his multi-engine rating, couldn't borrow the company plane. So he quit Pan Am and started flying along the Kuskokwim for Northern Consolidated. Towns in the western...
(6:47 min) (24 of 28) 24. DC-3 training
George met a Pan Am Clipper pilot who set him up for training at LaGuardia Airport. He was leasing a Pan Am DC-3 but the corporate heads cancelled the deal. Bill Conrad was the instructor George went...
(3:09 min.) (27 of 28) 27. Pilot for Governor Egan George used to fly Gov. Egan back and forth to Juneau. Egan liked George's harmonica version of "Springtime in the Rockies". George then flew the Seattle run, which he had always wanted to...
"Eskimo Scouts received awards Saturday from Alaska Governor William A. Egan (left). Gov. Egan prepares to present the Eisenhower trophy for the state's most outstanding National Guard unit to Sgt. George Whitman, Mekoryuk, representing Co. B, 2nd...
A list of 1950 graduates of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, from the commencement program. Richard Ted Blue; Nickolai Eidem; Ethel Irene Cornue; Dale Malcolm Dahl; Suzanne S Hall; Milton H Lightwood Jr; Charles V Lucier; Mary Ann K S McCall;...
Dorothy Murphy, Miss Alaska, displaying George Eaton's gold nugget watch chain during a visit to Wiseman, Alaska. From verso: "George Eaton, with his famous gold nugget watch chain and Dorothy Murphy, of Fairbanks -- taken at Wiseman in March 1938...
Mrs. Orville George Herning and sons, Elmer and George Stanley, Knik, Alaska, and another boy at right in background. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Stanley [Herning] in wagon. Elmer [Herning] standing." Original photograph...
Title taken from image. Verso: Speaker: Wm A. Egan, Asst Cleark: Flora Woodworth, Clerk: Margaret Grisham, Sgt at Arms: Doug Wahto. Front row (l. to r.): C. Chester Carlson, Stanley McCutcheon, Frank Johnson, Vernon Metcalfe, Geo. P....
Title and description from a handwritten list (date and writer unknown), identifying people in Stratton Library's photograph of a "1914 ANB CONVENTION AT SITKA". Front Row (l. to r.): Jas Watson, Juneau; Frank Mercer, Juneau, but originally...
Title taken from image. Formal studio portrait of three men, seated. Image: George Shortridge [Shotridge], George Kaushty, Koo-Too-At. The three chiefs who gave the big potlatch at Kluckwan, Aug. 20, 1900. Photographer's number 41.
Title taken from accompanying materials. George parks at a roll top desk, with type writer, telephone, and shelves of documents. Photographer's number 74-14.
Title and description taken from verso. These people were all participants in a large potlatch that was held in Sitka in December of 1904. They are wearing a variety of ceremonial clothing for the occasion, including: hats trimmed with beads,...