Military officer holds out a 49 star flag with notable politicians surrounding. Identified are Vice-president Richard M. Nixon on far left, Bob Bartlett left of flag holder, President Dwight Eisenhower under the flag, and Ralph Rivers left of...
8x10 photo.Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Star Air Service Bellanca Pacemaker, Wright J6-9 330 H P Engine. Picture taken at McGrath Alaska Winter 1937/38. Aircraft sitting on the Takotna River with the River Boat Wallace...
Title from verso. View of a dog team standing on the ice on frozen Birch Lake. Five dogs are harnessed to a small sled and the driver, Calvin F. Townsend, is standing behind it. The lead dog is identified as "Sox." Trees line the shore of the...
Photograph shows a man operating of Little Giant directing the stream of water at the creek valley sides. Boulder sized rocks have fallen down to creek level.
Photograph shows a standing man wearing a red cap and red plaid shirt supporting a large mammoth tusk in front of him. Cliffs and hills are in the background.
Text from slide: "198 LB. Mammoth Tusk at Ester...
Photograph shows a shirtless man wearing a hardhat operating a Little Giant. A rainbow has formed in the misted water droplets from the pipe. Rock used as counterbalance for the nozzle partially fill the wooden...
Shows locations of vessels "Investigator," "Resolute," "Assistance," and "North Star" and extent of provisions. Includes legend. "Brought from Melville Island by Capt. J. Bernier, C.G.S. "Arctic". "(sgd) Geo. F. McDougall, Master, H.M.S....
51 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Cordle Collection". Film shows men struggling to load a Moss Larsen diesel engine aboard a Star Airways Bellanca.
54 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "May 4, 1939. Dickson Collection". Film shows a Star Airlines Bellanca take of from the ice on Lake Spenard, after mechanics are done looking at it. Aircraft N-Number is too faint to read.
26 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows the Star Airlines fleet lined up at Merrill Field, a person in walking in the background. The film clip is too dark to see the N-Numbers.
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows men working on an open cut at a gold mine on Pedro Creek. Caption at bottom reads: "Open cut work on [Pedrow Cr.] C4".
Title from caption. Photograph shows a view of a campsite at Cleary Creek. There is snow on the ground and there are many tents set up along the creek.
Title from caption. Photograph shows a pulley system dumping dirt onto a pile. A man is standing on some lumber watching this, while a woman stands nearby holding a dog on a leash.
Title from caption. Photograph shows a mining operation called "No. 6" or "No. 8" near Ester, Alaska. There is a pile of tailing in the foreground, and dwelling built on a hill in the background.