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 back of photo. "Elmendorf Slide Area -- A portion of Bluff Road on Elmendorf AFB 'slipped' down the hillside during the Good Friday earthquake. Here, Base earthmoving equipment lines up in preparation to tackle the job of...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Shore Patrol and Seabees take a much needed breather among the rubble in the city of Kodiak after the devastated area was struck by a tidal wave March 27th. For immediate release U. S. Navy...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Workers begin clean-up of the Kodiak Area, Kodiak Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/30/64".
Title taken from accompanying note. "A demolished home in the Turnagain area Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command -- OVER THE BLUFF -- Those Anchorage residents...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anchorage, following the Alaskda [Alaska] Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- STRANGE HAPPENINGS -- The Good...
Title frame reads: "Democratic Party campaign commercial in support of jobs for Alaskans first." Campaign commercial that begins with men sitting around what looks to be a job bank smoking and playing cards. This is followed by stirring music...
Title by cataloger. A bulldozer or other track-laying vehicle is being loaded into a cargo plane. On the side of the plane, the word "Gillam" is visible. Identified as Northern Consolidated Airlines based on comparison with UAF-1991-98-690...
Title from verso. "Loading and unloading Wien freight in winter at Kotzebue." Next to the airplane / ski plane, a John Deere bulldozer (or other tracklaying vehicle) is hitched to a sled. One man stand beside the sled, while another holds a...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - This picture shows another type of hoist in operation at the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air transport Command. (Official USAAF Photo)."
Title from caption. Captions also read: "R. 46 D. S.W. Dist." A steam shovel loads gravel or dirt into back of small dump truck. The liftgate of the dump reads: 'Anthony Co. Streator, Ill.' A man holding a spade stands at left, watching.
Title from caption. "Cordova airport, Route 36CB, Oct. 1933. Scraper hauling grader windrow to edge of fill. Bulldozer shoving over [illegible]." Earthmoving equipment on a road or airport construction site. A man in hip boots, a hat, and...
Title from album caption. "McKinley Park Road - Rotary Scraper Repairing Washout Mile 11.3 July 1930 [illegible]." One person sits on a tractor, and one or two others are near a bridge in the distance.