Photo: Fairchild News Bureau. Verso: “From Spare Prop to Prop Jet—Alaska’s first licensed commercial pilot, Noel Wien, now vice president of Wien Alaska Airlines, flew this Hisso Standard in 1927 to make the first commercial flight to Nome,...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
A woman is sitting near a window wearing a fur shawl and muff. Next to the window, there is a small tree, maybe a sapling or possibly a prop for the photo. There is a shelf behind the woman with a small statue and a...
Title from caption. Image shows vegetables on display inside a large wood framed building with a corrugated metal roof. An upper balcony and doors are visible below the ceiling of the building. British and American flags and banners are...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the mail launch. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the N. C. mail launch. She went to Tanana on this launch with Mr. Decker & Mr. Franzell. ...
Large brightly lit room with decorations. A number of round tables with table cloths and center pieces are up on a stage. Each table has chairs around it. On one side is a piano or organ. An American flag is arranged at the...
Title taken from photograph. Caption on photograph: 7-28-27 Nome, Wien Airlines, First aiplane operation in Nome & Seward peninsula area. Verso: 1927 June, Nome, Alaska, start of first airplane operation in Nome. Notice spare prop. tied on...
Title taken from caption. "Munson's Road House, Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. Hand-colored." The entrance sign reads: "Salchaket Trading Post and Road House, W.F. Munson, Prop." Business signs for the Roadhouse and Salchaket store are also visible...
Title taken from caption. "Fairbanks-Valdez stage in front of Tonsina Road House. Photo by Johnson". Signs on the building behind the coach read: "80 miles to the bank and store of A.L. Levy & Co. Valdez" and "77 1/2 miles to Hotel Stelias,...
Title from caption in album. Sign reads 'Paxson Lodge. Dan C. Whiteford, Prop. Good Fishing Big Game Hunting'. There are a set of caribou antlers over one door, and a set of moose antlers over another door. The log building is at the base of a...
Title taken from caption. "Salchaket Trading Post and Road House, W. F. Munson, Prop." See identical photographs UAF-1989-166-108 and UAF-1989-0166-108-Print. Hand-colored postcard.
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wreckage pulled from snow. This appears to be the airplane body and wing junction, missing the front-end and prop. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7,...
A view of the front of the Girdwood Hotel. From verso: "Prop[r]ietors Ayers and Whitney. Beverly Staser in picture. Gene's Restaurant on left, Gene `The Frenchman' was long dead by 1956." The commercial signs on the front of the hotel read (top to...
Postcard shows townspeople at dock with ship docked alongside, Seward, Alaska. Advertisement on verso reads: "Coleman Hotel, Geo[rge] Sexton, Prop[rietor]. Seward, Alaska. Seward, "the hunters' paradise". Come to Seward, the terminal of the...
Title taken from front. Postcard shows view of baseball game between teams from Seward and the cruiser "Maryland", Seward, Alaska, with spectators. Advertisement on verso reads: "Coleman Hotel, Geo[rge] Sexton, prop[rietor]. Seward, Alaska. Seward,...
Title taken from verso. View of Fairchild F-27B propeller transports at Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, with air traffic control tower in background. Original photograph size: 7 7/8" x 10".
View of Wien Alaska Airlines Fairchild F-27A (also known as Fokker F-27 Friendship) propeller airplane at airport in Fairbanks, Alaska. Printed on airplane: "N2708R." 1959-1960? Original photograph size: 5" x 7".