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...
Photograph label reads: "From Nenana it is completed 56 miles to the Nenana canyon where heavy rock work was encountered and three tunnels have to be driven, two 500 ft. each and one 600 ft."
Title from caption. Photograph shows men working on a hillside alongside a railroad track. They appear to have a cart on the track that is hauling a load of gravel. Caption also reads: "No. 91. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Title taken from caption. " Ore outcrop, knights Id., Alaka Copper Co., 400 ft. above tunnel, showing width of vein and claim stakes, Oct. 18, 1907. " Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G3018. Reproduced from a glass plate.
Title taken from donor's caption. View of a Valdez commercial street with some people walking in the distance; a mountain is in the background. "Valdez was a typical, busy Alaskan town of the early pioneer days -- wide open of course. Most...
Title taken from front. Bottom view of Alaska Engineering Commission river boat "B&B" with new type of propeller tunnel, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G462." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G462. 1917....
Title taken from verso. Winter view of a wooden trestle crossing tracks on the Alaska Railroad. A sign on the right reads: Warning Unauthorized persons are not permitted to walk through tunnels or under trestles. 4x5 contact print, 4x5 neg
Man with a briefcase poses on rocks above mine tunnel [possibly Douglas Island]; black dog at his side; stream in backgroundl Printed from original, cracked, glass-plate negative