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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From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United States...
"Hand operated steel cable ferry, constructed by O. & S. to span the 70 Mile River when the waters were too high for fording. It was located at a point called 'Nimrod Bar.' Nimrod worked for O. & S. at Crooked Creek, but had also worked his own...
Caption: After a nose first crash during Wiley Post's round the world solo flight the Winnie Mae has been set upright and is ready to be repaired. The miners of Flat, Alaska, are taking apart the tripod that helped to set the airplane upright.
Title from caption. Photograph shows the construction camp of residency no. 4 on April 6th, 1918. The camp is set up in a forested area. Tents are set up next to piles of firewood. Caption also reads: "No. 116, A. J. Johnson, Official...
Title from caption. Photograph of a campsite, set up during a trip thru Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Visible in the photo is a Model T, a tent, and a dog. It appears that an accordian gate was set on the car's running board and possibly...
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...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
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. From verso: "May, photographing our cache of chipped knives, June 8th." View of Alan May photographing a set of six chipped knives. He is using a tripod and wearing a heat net. From May's journal, dated June 8th: "The...
Title taken from verso. View of tables set in ballroom in Anchorage Westward Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, with piano and drum set on stage. 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title supplied by cataloger. Couple stand in front of small table with candelabra, flower vase, and china set with ribbon. Photographer's number: 5854. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Man and woman in fur-trimmed parkas sit on a sofa. A set of walrus tusks has been set on the floor. A table covered with a striped tablecloth is visible at right. Photographer's number: 13353. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title supplied by cataloger. Bob Bacon carries a rifle and leans on a post set into a cairn. Joe kneels by the cairn. A saw is set into the ground next to him.
Title supplied by cataloger. Salmon set on plank table near a small tent. A scale is mounted inside the tent. Barrels and canisters are set on the ground nearby. Ice floats in the water behind. Slide printed 6/1964. Original format: 35mm color slide