Title taken from verso. View of U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps pack sleds pulled by horses, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: J.N. Randall. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
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Album caption: Camp of a light repair crew working near Richardson. Deserted cabins were sometimes used instead of pitching tents. From left side of picture to the right are George M. Woods, civilian lineman,...
Caption: Washington-- Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett greets Army Second Lt. and Mrs Terrance P. McLean, formerly of Nome, at his Washington office which the couple visited shortly after McLean was commissioned at Ft. Lee, Petersburg, Virginia. ...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "Lt. Col. Marchman. US Army. Expedition Commander. 1942 Army Test Expedition." The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Seventeen men were...
Title from verso. The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Seventeen men were selected from various military units and the American Alpine Club to conduct cold-weather and...
(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 &...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title from verso. "Major E. M. George, constructing quartermaster to be in charge of construction of new four million dollar airbase to be installed near Fairbanks 1936. Ladd AF Base, 1st trip up to begin project."
Title from accompanying note. "Left to right: Cadet John Lee, Jr.; Major Newton Longfellow; Major Dale Gaffney; Col John C. H. Lee, in command of the party; Major E. M. George, who will be constructing Quartermaster in charge of the new four...
Title from verso. "In the winter of 1942-43, Sir Hubert Wilkins, celebrated Arctic explorer, visited Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, to help solve some of the problems that arose in pushing lend-lease planes through to Russia during one of the...
Title from caption. Photograph of Signal Corps Camp. Caption reads: Signal Corps Construction part doing preliminary work Feb-Mch 1913. From left to picture to right are Casey, teamster; Sizeland and Germundsen, timber men; Cavanaugh,...
Title taken from front. View of riverboats "Gen. J.W. Jacobs" and "Gen. Jeff C. Davis" put up for winter at Nenana, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G2050." Signs on ships read: "Q.M.C. [Quartermaster Corps] U.S.A." An Alaska Engineering Commission...
Title from verso Lachapelle stands in the doorway of a Jamesway hut, which serves as headquarters for the glaciologists who are exploring Lemon Creek Glacier, near Juneau. The boxes on the foreground are supplies paradropped by the 558th...
Description: wool; brass; braid; piping; serge; cotton; silk; ribbon Used: Chief Kowee; Kaawa.ee Descriptive Narrative: a). Jacket - navy blue wool, double breasted, w/row of 7 brass navy type buttons & 7 buttonholes up each side of the...