Shell Simmons poses with unidentified man; Shell's Cessna 185, which he flew 1969-1975, in background; sign on plane: "Juneau, Alaska, 'Capital City of the Great Land'"; sign on building in background reads, in part, "El Cajon"
Shell Simmons (second from left), Bee Simmons (far right), and two unidentified people pose in front of Shell's private plane, a Cessna 185 with sign: "Juneau, Alaska, 'Capital City of the Great Land'"
The WACHUSETT was built for service with the United States Coast Guard; between 1946 and 1948, she was homeported at Juneau, Alaska, and patrolled the Bering Sea
Arvo Wahto and students outside school; seated on fence, L to R: Violet Maki, Ed Maki, Norval (Ole) H. Nelson, Charles McLeod, Lawrence Swanson, and Axel H. Nelson Fish Creek School opened in 1936, and records show it was still open in 1943,...
Title from verso Lachapelle stands in the doorway of a Jamesway hut, which serves as headquarters for the glaciologists who are exploring Lemon Creek Glacier, near Juneau. The boxes on the foreground are supplies paradropped by the 558th...
From verso: "People, autos, trucks, and even boats board the Alaska State Ferry system at Prince Rupert in Canada's British Columbia en route for an Inside Passage trip to and through the Alaska panhandle. Ferry being loaded here is the TAKU, one...
A Wisconsin legislator and U.S. Attorney, Delaney moved to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush and served as the first mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1900 to 1901
Title from image caption "Old Meets the New": two dog teams with sleds in front of airplanes at Weeks Field; Mary Joyce in sled on right Also from verso: " Mary Joyce, Juneau, mushed Tanana Trail [from] Whitehorse, Y.T., to Fairbanks"
Possibly a home with office next door; sign on building on left reads, "Dr. Goddard" Note: Dr. Frederick Leland Goddard practiced for a years in Juneau and then became the doctor for the Treadwell Mine, adjacent to Douglas; later in his life,...