Title taken from caption. View of Valdez from a boat at the dock. The sign reads "Center of the Prince William Sound Gold and Copper Belt", "Valdez terminus of a great scenic road the Richardson Highway", and "Short route Interior A...
Title taken from caption. Veiw of a gravel pit at mile 74 of the Richardson Highway used as a Road Commission camp to park construction vehicles. There are five dump-trucks, a tractor and a truck.
Title taken from caption"Me at 74 mile road camp (truck driver)." View of Russell Dow taken in 1937 at the 74 mile road camp, on the Richardson Highway, where he worked as a truck driver.
Title taken from image. Looking down at the Valdez dock 1944-1945. Three men are standing at the edge of the dock looking over the water. Wooden building behind them on the dock has a large sign which reads (from left to right): "Center of the...
Title taken from caption. View of three paintings by Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow on display at the Palmer Library in Palmer, Alaska. Mrs. Dow, the first woman truck driver to drive the Alaska Highway, is sitting in a wheelchair beneath a self portrait....
Title taken from caption. View of a group of Elks club members gathered in a bar in Talkeetna, Alaska. The woman sitting at the table is Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow, the first woman truck driver to drive the Alaska Highway. Photo taken in Dec. 1972....
Title taken from caption. View of Mrs. Dow sitting in a wheelchair near the food vendors booths at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska. Mrs. Benzie Ola (Rusty) Dow, was the first woman truck driver to drive the Alaska Highway. Photo taken Sep....
Title taken from caption. View of the highway bridge across Hurricane Gulch, Alaska. Photograph taken Sept. 1974. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of a person standing on what is most likely the Old Glenn Highway during the Knik River flood of 1957. Photograph taken in 1957. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of Circle City, Alaska located at the end of the Steese Highway. Photograph taken Sept. 2, 1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Two women looking at display featuring large model bug smoking a cigarette during 13th Annual Flower Show sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. Sign in...
Title taken from caption. View of Naptowne Inn along Homer Highway, near Homer on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, with truck parked near gasoline pump in background. Sign on building reads: "Naptowne Inn. Beer. Eats. Fishing licenses. [...] gas & oil."...
View of horse near fence in southcentral Alaska, with person partially visible at left and Lion Head mountain visible in right background. 1955-1961. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson. Location indentified as...
View of wooden buildings and vehicles in snow, possibly located at Meekin's Lodge or Sheep Mountain Lodge along Glenn Highway in southcentral Alaska. Slide mount dated: "April 1960." 1955-1960. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer:...
View of horse standing near fence in southcentral Alaska, with building partially visible at right and Lion Head mountain visible in right background. Slide mount dated: "April 1960." 1955-1960. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer:...
Title taken from verso. View of three men looking out from the window of the roadhouse on Birch Creek near the Steese Highway in Interior Alaska. This roadhouse location was known as Ferry Road House. From verso: "Birch Creek Roadhouse. Was a...
The building of the bridge on the Steese Highway spanning Birch Creek. A few workers are visible on the structure of the bridge. From verso: "Span 1 being erected. Birch Creek Bridge Alaska. August - Sept 1928."
Title taken from verso. View of car ferry and log boom. The boom is the basis for the construction of a bridge across Birch Creek at the Steese Highway.
View of a boy leaning over the railing aboard a car ferry crossing the Tanana River. A truck is on the ferry and the town of McCarty (later Big Delta) appears in the background. From verso: "Car ferry on Richardson Highway across the Tanana at...