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...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
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,...
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,...
42 second, color/silent, film clip of a snowmachine race at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 1967. Several buildings are just visible in the background.
Title from album caption. Start of sled dog race near Cushman Street Bridge on Chena River. Samson's Hardware and Immaculate Conception Church steeple in are in the background. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931,...
Title from album caption. Start of sled dog race near Cushman Street Bridge on Chena River. Samson's Hardware and Immaculate Conception Church steeple in background. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Bill...
Title from album caption. Start of sled dog race near Cushman Street Bridge on Chena River. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Judge (Cecil) Clegg team was driven by Mitchell Cristo in the H. Wendell Endicott...
Title from album caption. Sled dog musher on river ice. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931 the Julian Hurley team was driven by Kelly in the H. Wendell Endicott Derby.
Title from album caption. Dog team running on Chena River ice. The sternwheeler Idler sits at the river's edge. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Bill Corey team was driven by Jack Murphy in the H. Wendell...
Title from album caption. Starting line of sled dog race on the Chena River. Spectators stand next to the bridge near Samson Hardware in Fairbanks. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Julian Hurley team was driven...
Title from album caption. Starting line of a sled dog race on the Chena River. Spectators stand by the bridge near Samson Hardware in Fairbanks. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Julian Hurley team was driven by...
Title from album caption. Starting line of a sled dog race, at Chena River under Cushman Street Bridge, Fairbanks. Spectators stand by Samson Hardware while people prepare the dog team. A truck is on the bridge.
Title from album caption. Starting line of a sled dog race on the Chena River. The Cushman Street bridge is in the background. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of March 12, 1931, the Buzby team was driven by Bob Buzby.