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 from caption. Photograph of moonlit winter scene with a cabin and a fence visible. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the right a moonlight picture taken looking west from our cabin in winter."
Title taken from verso. Color image of Seward, Alaska at night, with boats in harbor. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's? Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title from image caption Light from full moon illuminates water near wharf; ships in background; photo taken at "12 o'clock midnight" Photographer's number 5035
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title taken from caption on slide. "Fort Wainwright HHC 171st, July 67." Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were taken by Mark C. Glunz, who was at the time assigned to the 171st infantry Brigade at Fort Wainwright.
Title from accompanying notes. "Camp 1 at night: American tents and Mt. Bona. There are four tents in this image. The 3 yellow tents, illuminated from gas lanterns inside the tents are obvious. The 4th tent is black (obviously a black sheep in...
Cordova dock and buildings in the moonlight. Sign on one building reads "New England Fish Co." Caption: "A 40 minute exposure at Cordova". Original photograph size: 5 3/4" x 4".
Title taken from information with photo. Nighttime view of moon and Chugach Mountains at Thompson Pass, Alaska. July 1963. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from caption. "11517 -- [18] Sledding over the ice of an Alaskan river on long journeys is an undertaking both tedious and perilous. Storms and biting frosts entail great discomfort as well as threaten life. During pleasant...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
Title taken from verso. Moonlight town scene of Fourth Avenue from west end. Anchorage, 1940's. Shows the Wendler Building and streetlights. 3x4 contact print, 3x4 neg