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 taken from verso. On verso a letter from the Public Information Division of the United States Coast Guard, dated 14 November 1948, is printed. The letter says the following about this photo: "Offical U.S. Coast Guard Photo. United...
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, gold prospectors headed for Fairbanks taken on the Summit --25 miles from Valdez". Very early one morning we moved our camp over the pass. Heavily loaded, we were late in reaching the summit. Ten...
Title from accompanying notes. A woman with sled dog and a man reaching down for the gangline of a dogsled. There are several fuel drums, a dogsled, a wooden wire spool, two gas station fuel pumps, some young spruce trees and a white building...
Title taken from caption: "Taking the mail ashore at Cape Sarichief [sic] Lighthouse. This is the first mail reaching the lighthouse for six months." View of three men in small boat with large bag of mail behind rower in front of boat, rowing...
Title taken from caption. View of one of the National Geographic expedition camp sites and a member of the expedition reaching up towards the level of the ash noted in 1918. The trees have all been stripped of leaves, small branches, and bark by...
Title taken from caption. Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa painting the ship. Original image blurred. From May's journal, dated June 10th: "The men are now painting the ship, endevoring [sic] to make it look smart and snappy...
This color slide depicts a Grumman amphibious airplane on the runway at an unidentified airport in Alaska in 1962. The number painted on the side of the plane is "N721." There are two men standing by an open passenger door. Another man stands in...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. View of horse drawn sleds reaching summit of Thompson Pass, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number G2599. n.d. Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title supplied by cataloger. Men stand behind a print on an easel at the Anchorage Sheraton. From left to right: Rick Mackey, Rick Swenson, Dean Osmar, Dick Wilmarth, Dick Mackey, Joe May, Emmitt Peters, Carl Huntington, and Gerald 'Jerry' Riley....
Title supplied by cataloger. Two women sit next to Mackey at a table and a woman stands in front of the table. Slide printed 12/1983. Slide box labeled 'Machatanz Print Signing.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. An unidentified woman sits next to him and a woman stands in front of the table. Slide printed 12/1983. Slide box labeled 'Machatanz Print Signing & Iditarod Winners.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Two unidentified women sit next to him at a table. Slide printed 12/1983. Slide box labeled 'Machatanz Print Signing & Iditarod Winners. Sheraton Hotel.' Original format: 35mm color slide