Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Title from cataloger's notes. Also from notes: "Pictured left to right - Al Jones - Brother-in-law to Lee Loomis, Clarence C. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Ray H. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Lee B. Loomis, Lucile Loomis - daughter of Lee Loomis,...
Title from caption. Image shows a ditch used to transport water to a mining location. Eureka was a mining settlement established south of Rampart between the Yukon and Tanana Rivers. A telegraph station called "Glenn" was installed here in...
Title from caption. Image shows a ditch used to transport water to a mining location. Eureka was a mining settlement established south of Rampart between the Yukon and Tanana Rivers. A telegraph station called "Glenn" was installed here in...
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...
Several Native Alaskans are sitting on the beach among the remains of the Airship Norge after much of the dirigible was dismantled for transport back to Europe.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an automobile parked next to an airplane. The automobile appears to be a transport van of some sort and has a small model of an airplane mounted to the front of vehicle.
Title from verso. Photograph of Japanese transport ships, one of which is burning and smoking. Verso reads: "Black smoke hangs over Kiska Harbor as it rises from a Jap [ Japanese ] transport hit by bombs from U.S. planes during a raid...
Title from caption. Photograph of a burning Japanese ship in Kiska Harbor after U.S. Army Air Forces raided Japanese-held Kiska Island. Caption on front of phototgraph reads: "Kiska Harbor, Aleutian Island, Alaska, -- Jap [ Japanese ]...
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas umiaks shuttling cargo from a Navy vessel to St. George. Verso reads: "Five of 16. Last Long Mile -- Although cargo to the Pribilofs arrived at destination aboard a modern Navy transport which also...
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
Title from verso. Photograph of sealskin harvest barreled for transport on the USS Thuban, seen in the background. Verso reads: "Seven of 16. Precious Cargo -- In neatly spaced barrels, part of a four million dollar sealskin harvest...
Title from verso. Mt. Veniaminof blows black smoke. The eruption is photographed from an airplane. Verso reads: "Mt. Veniaminof, Alaska -- Out on the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula Mt. Veniamanof, oldest known volcano and estimated to have...
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf showing five steamships. An advertisement for Moore's Wharf Co. is attached. Caption reads: "Moore's Wharf Skaguay Alaska 4 years after completion. July 4th 1904 date of this photo. No. 1....
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's wharf showing the U.S. Army transport ship, the Buford. A portion of the S.S. Spokane can be seen next in line down the dock. Caption reads: "Shewing railroad track at right of wharf & the town of...
Title from caption. Photograph of loading a boat onto flatbed railroad cars for transport to Whitehorse. Boat is named Happy Hooligan after the Simons & Blakes vaudeville outfit which arrived in Skagway on May 17, 1905. Caption...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a couple of people loading a Northern Air Transport Ford Tri-Motor airplane. A tractor sits next to the airplane attached to a sled. The caption underneath the photograph reads "On River ice at No Grub". ...
Title from caption. Photograph shows Native Alaskans and some other men standing around an Anchorage Air Transport airplane. They are dressed in parkas and coats. Original size is 5.25 in. x 3 in.