Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Shows locations of reindeer stations as well as missions, forts and trails in Alaska. Also shows "reindeer country" in eastern Siberia. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Oriented with north to the upper right.
Title from verso. "[All aboard for school. From the Alaska arctic, nearly 600 students are gathered from 40 remote villages and fish camps, each fall to fly to Fairbanks and Juneau, heading for high schools and colleges.] "Students boarding...
Title from verso. "[Dressed in their mail order catalogue finery, these self confident Eskimo teenagers board a Wien Air bush plane to head south to attend high school.] "Students leaving for school from a sand bar airport of the Kobuk...
Title from verso. "[The little Eskimo girl in the left foreground watches the big girls board a Polatis porter bush plane at Kobuk.] Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska."
Title supplied by cataloger. Sled dogs in harness. Spectators stand behind rope watching dog race. Doris Lake and Natalie Norris with backs to the camera. Slide carousel labeled, 'Joe Sr Airplane Crash.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title taken from caption. View of Mrs. Norris and her dog team, with spectators in the background and two race officials standing beside her. Based on other photographs in the series this photograph was most likely taken at the Tozier Track in...
Title taken from caption. View of two men and a woman talking while standing next to a sled dog team owned by Earl and Natalie Norris, secured to the parking meters in front of the Federal Building on Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska....
Title taken from front. Men preparing to run 4th of July marathon, Anchorage, Alaska, with spectators. From verso: "First - The man with arms folded. Second - Evans, soldier on outside. Third - Albert Norris. Starter - Geo Edgar Potter." July 4,...