Title taken from front. Sleds carrying bodies of pilot Carl Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland, covered with American flags and surrounded by searchers. 1930. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Title from caption and verso. Left side of the image is damaged. First name in the caption is on damaged part of the photo, looks like "Blood." Verso reads: "$2. #30. Galena, Alaska. 1955." Image shows two African American airmen...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: $4-. #30. Galena, Alaska. 1955." Image shows one man kneeling on the wing of a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog jet plane and another man wearing a pilot's cap standing on the ground nearby. The man on the...
Photograph of a hospital ward within the Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital, Fort Yukon, Alaska. Two medical personnel are visible in the back with a Christmas tree in the left corner. One child is in a wheelchair.
Taken in the 1930s at Weeks Field, Fairbanks, springtime. "My girls have their rubber boots on." Left to right: Noel Wien, Alice Tobuk, Florence Ulen, Mary Ulen. No name for...
54 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "May 4, 1939. Dickson Collection". Film shows a Star Airlines Bellanca take of from the ice on Lake Spenard, after mechanics are done looking at it. Aircraft N-Number is too faint to read.
35 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Phillips Collection". Film shows planes at Northern Consolidated Airlines at Weeks Field in Fairbanks, including a person running, and a mechanic working on a plane. From catalog...
45 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Robert & Marion Hall Collection." Film shows a Bellanca landing at Weeks Field in Fairbanks and a patient being unloaded from the plane in an awaiting ambulance owned by Dr. de...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows three men with an airplane. One of the men is sitting in the cockpit. Caption from finding aid reads "War Surplus Army plane at Kenai." Location is Kenai, Alaska.