(5:29 min.) (11 of 12) Prisoners Few prisoners taken--Strip search at a distance--sent prisoner back to rear--had problems because G.I.'s wanted to kill him
(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
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 the back of the Photograph. "Pete Buchholz, William McPhee and James Wickersham. Moose was a pet of Buchholz, who had a harness for it and would drive it around Fairbanks."
Photograph of Saint James' Church and some of the Village of Tanana. Also visible are the cemetery to the right of the church, with picket fences surrounding the graves, and on the bank is a stern wheeler with its wheel removed.
Title from verso. "By James L. Anderson photo Bettles, Alaska yr. Photo [reproduced] by Jerome Lardy June 1979. Kay J. Kennedy P.O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708."
Title taken from caption. Photo loose in album. Portrait of James Hamel in small boat. Probably vicinity of Bristol Bay. An unidentified man is to the right of the image.
Title taken from front. James Fish standing in front of his cabin at dairy and poultry farm, Valdez, Alaska, with cows and sled in foreground. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number G1768. n.d. Photographer:...
James J. Delaney with his apple trees, Anchorage, Alaska. From verso: "J. J. Delaney June 1933. Young apple trees." June 1933. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
James J. Delaney with his apple trees, Anchorage, Alaska. From verso: "J. J. Delaney and his apple blossoms. Real apple trees at 303 K St." n.d. Original photograph size: 4 5/8" x 3 1/2".
These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col....
These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col....