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 caption. "Ed Robb, Community College Councilman, awarding diplomas to graduates". Ed Robb, presenting a diploma and shaking hands with a new graduate during the first Chukchi Community College graduation ceremony in July...
From a draft announcement: "The Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) Certificate pictured here is to be presented this year to all former members of the ATG who can be located, Governor Egan announced today. The ATG was formed in 1942 after the Alaska...
Title from cataloger. Members of the Billiard Club are seen here showing off their bald heads. In 1929 several dorm residents decided to form a unique club by becoming human billiard balls. Each member got a "billiard ball" haircut and had a red...
Title from accompanying notes. "9 April. Bamboo, Al Randall (expedition leader), and Pete are making a sign to welcome the main party of expedition members to the Russell Glacier. We were toasting the arrival of Bamboo and Al with a little...
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of a tent where members of the expedition are weighing out gold dust. The gold dust is to be used to pay for provisions. The provisions are laid out on tables in front of the expedition members. Photo...
Title taken from caption. View of three members of the expedition standing next to the fumarole (vent) that they have lowered their dinner into to cook. The Katmai eruption destroyed all the wood within a dozen miles, so members of the expedition...
Title taken from caption. View of two members of the expedition pulling dinner out of the fumarole (vent) they used to cook it. The Katmai eruption destroyed all the wood within a dozen miles, so members of the expedition had to use geothermal heat...
Anchorage Ski Club members standing and sitting in a railway train box car, socializing on a ski train trip to Curry, Alaska. Skis and poles are visible in the background. One member is playing a saxophone, another is holding a guitar, and others...
Anchorage Ski Club members carrying skis and poles, waiting in line to board the ski train in Curry, Alaska. Building to the right is the Alaska Railroad Depot and the Curry Hotel. Sign above entry reads: "Depot." 1941-1944. Original photograph:...
Title taken from caption. View of four members of the National Geographic expedition on the floor of Katmai Valley, Alaska. Two of the members of the expedition are preparing a meal by using the geothermal heat of Fumarole 5. Photo taken in what...
Title taken from caption. Five members of the National Geographic expedition in what was later designated at Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Members pictured include Robert F. Griggs, Charles Yori, and E.C. Kolb. There is a movie camera...
Photo of, left to right, Private Fred Wildon Fickett, Lieutenant Henry T. Allen and Sergeant Cady Robertson, members of the Copper and Tanana Rivers Expedition. Photo taken in Saint Michael, a village on St. Michael Island, Alaska. Annotations on...
Six members of Anchorage Garden Club in yard of Elizabeth (Mrs. H.L.) Bliss in Anchorage, Alaska, where they gathered during her illness to plant her garden for her. Pictured from right to left: Mrs. John Coats, Mrs. Wallace Martens, Mrs. Hugh...
Mayor Elmer E. Rasmuson, Vi (Mrs. Gordon) Green (in blue dress), members of Anchorage Garden Club, members of Girl Scout Troop 126, and others planting a tree in downtown Anchorage, Alaska to celebrate Arbor Day. May 1965. Original photograph size:...
Title taken from caption. Four members of Anchorage Garden Club seated at table in Z.J. Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska. During National Garden Week celebration club members donated books to Z.J. Loussac Library. Woman standing is Vi Green and...
Children and women standing near registration table at 15th Annual Flower Show "Treasures of the Tundra" sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska. From...