(5:56 min.) (01 of 12) Background and arrival in Alaska Auburn University--TVA heavy construction--B. B. Tally Construction quartermaster--Ladd Field construction Jan '41-- Four total projects Ladd Field, Ft. Richardson, Elmendorf and Yakutat &...
(5:52 min) (17 of 19) Business continues to grow Bought out Mr. Goes and Mr. Pearl. Bought out the bus service to the University. In 1931, took over Ravell Brothers and ran freight between Valdez and Fairbanks. Fall of 1931, bought a...
(6:58 min.) (16 of 28) 16. Virginia speaks about flight instruction
Virginia's first solo flight was on December 7, 1941, but since all flights were canceled that day she had to solo again a week later. Flights were cancelled because of...
Title taken from accompanying note. A shoulder-length portrait of a middle-aged woman with short hair. She is wearing a dark dress and a pearl necklace. The man sitting next to her (her husband) is dressed in a dark suit and tie and is wearing...
Title from verso of a similar photo. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as...
Title from verso. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as the funnel for a vast...
Title taken from headlines. Front page headlines from Dec. 7, 1941 extra edition of Kodiak Mirror in which United States declares war after Pearl Harbor bombing. Includes notice of blackout on Kodiak Island, Alaska for that night. From verso:...
Sign promoting Feather Merchants Second Annual Ball hanging over a bar, with people in the background. Sign reads: "Feather Merchants 2nd Annual Ball! March 21, 1944. Ambassador Club. Anchorage & Fairbanks, Alaska. Remember Too to Buy War Bonds....
Title from image caption; additional notes on verso: Wife of "Curley" Monroe, Dawson; a variety singer, dancer, etc. Head and shoulders studio portrait of the Gypsy Queen bedecked in pearl bodice, choker, and crown
Woman [Pearl Slayton?], wearing furs and skins, holds dog on thin chain; location is on riverbank, somewhere in interior Alaska; a bridge crosses river in background
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Title from notes with original negative Men are identified as Hobbs and Hill Twelve USAAC Douglas B-18A Bolo light-medium bombers were sent to Elmendorf Field in 1940. Six were given to the 73rd Medium Bombardment Squadron and six to the...