Title taken from verso. View of Platinum Roadhouse at Platinum, Alaska. Photo negative number 1450-90-20-X. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. Warren Coonrad lacing backpack at Platinum Roadhouse in Platinum, Alaska. Photo negative number 1450-90-11. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 3 7/8" x 5".
Title taken from verso. Mrs. V. Johnson making flapjacks in kitchen at Platinum Roadhouse in Platinum, Alaska. Photo negative number 1450-90-13. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 3 7/8".
The Edward L. Creamer Papers consist of one memoir titled "A Dogface in Alaska: Surveying and Surviving," with digital print copies of 190 photographs. The memoir details Creamer’s experiences as topographic computer with U. S. Army’s 551st...
Title taken from sign on building. View of entrance to building housing Platinum Radio, radio station in Platinum, Alaska. Building also houses telegraph office and weather station. Sign above door reads: "Platinum Radio. Goodnews Bay Mining Co. -...
View of building housing Platinum Radio, radio station for Platinum, Alaska, with antenna above building, truck parked in front, and weather station at right. Building also houses telegraph office and weather station. Photo negative 1450-90-21-21....
Title taken from front. Men eating at a table in a cabin, Platinum, Alaska. From verso: "Emmett Shaw, Bill Savage, Joe Stewart, Slim Huston at Platinum." 1936. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from caption. View of man with medical equipment on "Desert Rat" all terrain vehicle at Platinum, Alaska, with motorcycle partially visible. Also from caption: "Platinum, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert...
Title taken from caption. View of man with medical equipment on "Desert Rat" all terrain vehicle in Platinum, Alaska, with motorcycle in background. Also from caption: "Platinum, AK." From verso: "Goodnews Bay." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide....
Title taken from caption. View of movie theater at Platinum, Alaska. Also from caption: "Platinum, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from caption. View of entrance to school at Platinum, Alaska. Also from caption: "Platinum, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from verso. View of buildings at Platinum, Alaska, with cars parked near buildings and dog sled at left. Photo negative number 1450-90-21-24. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. Radio operator Bob Healy working at radio station in Platinum, Alaska. Building also serves as telegraph office and weather station. Photo negative number 1450-90-12. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph...
Title taken from verso. View of dragline on crane working at Platinum, Alaska. Photo negative number 1450-90-E. 1950's? Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Photograph size: 10" x 8 1/8".
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Photograph shows colorful mountains stretching off into the distance. The mountain gets its' color primarily from the copper, nickel and cobalt sulfide minerals with some platinum group metals and gold. The valley...
Photograph shows colorful mountains stretching off into the distance. The mountain gets its color primarily from the copper, nickel and cobalt sulfide minerals with some platinum group metals and gold. The valley...