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 is of a line of soldiers attempting to do a 180 degree turn on skis. Each soldier has one ski raised vertically and is midway through the turn. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
Reindeer herd in U.S. Government Reindeer Project corral at Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Alaska, with coastline in background. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled] "Nunivak Island Reindeer Story - August 1954. By Howard Kosbau...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
Description from image margin "As you go in this door, if you turn to the right; you go in the shower rooms. If you go upstairs and turn right you go in the high school classroom and through it to the office. If you go straight ahead you come to...
"Ott and Scheele' placer mine headquarters on Crooked Creek, a tributary of the 70 Mile River, it in turn being a tributary of the mighty Yukon River." Panoramic photograph of mining headquarters.
"A water power saw mill, the brain child of Jack Scheele. This was arranged, that a small log could be set in the log cradle, the water turned in the race to the water wheel, that in turn operated the affair that when the slab had been sawn off...
Relief shown by hachures. Shows water and overland routes to gold fields. Inset: Section map of Turn Again Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska. "Compliments of Alaska Transportation and Investment Co." Includes distance table, and an index in the margin. ...
Title by indexer. Image shows a man wearing glasses, jeans and a white shirt holding a metal pail up to the mouth of a musk ox. Several other musk oxen wait in a line for their turn. The man and musk oxen appear to be inside an animal pen....
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,...
(4:46 min.) (11 of 28) 11. Back to the U.S.
Military wanted them to stay and offered George a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. He wanted to get back home for at least a visit, so he flew back with a cargo of latex rubber. Engine problems...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from Stereograph. "244-11518 -- This view shows a group of natives on the banks of the Yukon. The Yukon flows through the central part of Alaska for a distance of about 1,200 miles. Fish are an important food production in Alaska....
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "On the Caribou Highway in lower British Columbia, Canada. Pat Chamay and I took turns riding with Rich White in his cab and up here in the Nash Rambler which sat over the cab...
Title taken from attached note. Title taken from attached note. ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps). A soldiers is seen shooting a rifle, while the others wait their turn.