Full note reads: "1949 03 Mail plane on the river @ Shungnak, AK. Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh on the left by the tail - My sister, Bobby Jo to the right, the pilot, My dad, Charles Quentin and myself, Charles Jesse...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
70 second, color/silent, film clip. Clip shows the loading and off-loading of supplies from a barge to the riverboat Whitehorse. Mail is also delivered.
Title taken from caption. "Mail and freight on the Valdez summit Fairbanks-Valdez trail." Copyright by A.J. Johnson. Publsihed by Johnson and Hall's Book Store. Cataloguer's note: This is a picturesque view of the mountains in the distance...
Title by cataloguer. Title taken from inscription on stagecoach. This is a view of a team of horses pulling the mail coach (Sleigh). Judging by the number of people on the sleigh, travel with the U.S. mail carrier was a viable and certainly...
Title is based on identification furnished by Roy David Tok, Alaska during the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, October 2005.
Large image of a 7 cent air mail stamp commemorating Alaska statehood. Stamp includes an outline of Alaska, portions of the state flag, and a drawing of mountains, probably Mt. McKinley. Reproduction in black and white from color original.
Title taken from caption. "Point Hope women meeting the mail plane, then scheduled for three times a week, weather permitting. The military vehicle and probably the person on the right are from the US Army Signal Corps detachment of a dozen men...