Relief shown by hill shading. Section 2 of 3. Working maps for Western Union Telegraph Co. Section 2 includes the northern extent of the Alexander Archipelago (north of the Stikine River) east to Great Bear Lake, north to the mouth of the...
Title from attached news clipping of photograph. Full caption of the clipping from the February 10, 1951 issue of Marine Digest (page 134)reads: "Shown above are Alaska Steamship representatives attending the 1951 annual agents meeting at...
View of section of Alyeska Pipeline mounted on wheels on display at Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska, with man and woman standing to left. Building, vehicles, and people are in background and at right. Writing on pipe reads: "Section of Alyeska...
Swan, Martha (maker). Purse made from the necks of loons. The top border is 9 cm wide and made from bleached and cured seal skin. It wraps inside and the purse is lined with yellow taffeta. The opening to the bag folds so that there are creases on...
Relief shown by hill shading. Section 1 of 3. Working maps for Western Union Telegraph Co. Section 1 includes much of British Columbia and Alberta, including Vancouver Island, east to Deer Lake and north to Ft. Simpson. Stamped on verso...
Relief shown by hill shading. Section 3 of 3. Working maps for Western Union Telegraph Co. Section 3 includes Alaska, excluding Southeast, the Alaska Peninsula & the Aleutians, and the north coast. Stamped on verso "Western Union Telegraph Co....
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...
Shows second section of the Klondike Mines Railway, Grand Forks to the Dome, along the Bonanza Creek Valley, in the Yukon Territory; includes streams, ditches, and claims along the railway route. Relief shown by hachures. Annotated with numbers...
Title from caption. Photograph of Tanana's main business district. Visible as seen from their own advertisements are the Lincoln House Hotel and Restaurant, the ER House, also probably a hotel and restaurant and a headquarters, possibly related...
Chart of the Yukon River, from its mouth to above Fort Reliance. Includes key and explanatory notes on navigation and history. One map on 63 sheets, both sides. (126 segments, including title sheet with notes and section map on verso; 62 sheets...
(4:43 min.) (08 of 27) Start of contracting
First job was building the bridge between Illinois St. and College Road over Noyes Slough. Lots of paperwork, everything was an emergency since there was no experience with how to do the simplest...
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...