Interior view of the Empress Theater, erected 1927. Written on the right side is The Empress Fairbanks Alaska. World's Farthest North Theater. Fireproof Construction Throughout. Erected 1927.
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Equipment left at McGonagall Pass by Bradford Washburn in the 1940s. He's perhaps the world's foremost expert on Mt. McKinley, and was a member of the 3rd expedition to...
Title from verso. "A lift truck backs up to a Commando of the Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, to take off freight. The Commando, the world's largest twin-engined transport plane, weighs about 25 tons when loaded. (Official USAAF...
Title from verso. "439 AB-28 Feb 44 - 1384 (7). Winter scene at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska. A dog team of the Air Transport Command's Alaska Division mushes down the line past a C-47 Skytrain, at the left, and a C-46 Commando, world's...
Title from monument text. "Carl Benjamin Eielson enlisted in the Air Service of the United States Army on January 17, 1917. In 1923 he piloted the first airplane in Alaska and in 1924 he flew the first government mail plane in that territory. He...
This photograph depicts two unidentified people standing in front of a large tractor that is draped with a banner that says, "Allis Chambers H[ ] 'World's Largest Tractor' Owner: Usibelli Coal Co. 524 H.P. - 150,000 lbs Dealer [illegible]...
Robert Beauford "Boots" Clifton in front of "Anchorage, Alaska, 'Crossroads of the air world'" sign at Anchorage International Airport. From verso: "Summer 1962. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1962. Photographer: Jim Balog. Original...
Title taken from verso. View of floatplanes on bay, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "... at Seward? World's Flight?" Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".