Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
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...
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...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Meiji University expedition tent just below summit (left here by the Japanese team on May 5, 1960 - same month as the John Day, Pete Schoening, Jim & Lou Whittaker accident)."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Moving up Karstens Ridge to 15,450ft camp. This cornice is the site of the May 1954 Thayer accident. My diary entry for 3 July incorrectly identifies this accident as occuring...
Title by cataloguer. "Dr. Bunnell, John J. Kowalak photographer, c/o University of Alaska, College, Alaska 1944." According to Terrance Cole, who has describes this image in his 1994 book 'The Cornerstone of College Hill,' the crash had...
Title taken from text. A view of Delta from bluff. Album caption: The work to and including the station was done a year later; 1913. Owing to an accident the films showing new fixtures and work were lost.
Title from accompanying note. "Cookrey(?) says this is Eielson. I have to concur. Compare the face with the Loftus picture with Eielson in the cockpit - they appear to be the same or that picture is misidentified.
Title from accompanying notes. "28 March. Bamboo, Pepi, Hat & Hiro enjoying the accident. Bus not very fast, so I had it floored all the time. Unfortunately, I took a corner too fast and we ended up like this." A Volkswagen bus overturned onto...
Title from accompanying notes. "Hiro, Pepi, Hat, & Bamboo. VWs are great though. Rolled it back up on its wheels, repacked it, and drove off. No damage except loss of the driver's outside rear view mirror." A Volkswagen minibus after an...
Title supplied by cataloger. Men, at least one wearing a parka and hat, walking around the wing of an airplane identified in UAF 2006-102-13 as Carl Ben Eielson's plane, covered in deep snow. Identification taken from the book Polar Pilot by...
Title from verso. "Tuning up the "Detroiter". This enormous plane has three engines. The [propeller] in the picture [left engine] is the one which struck and killed Palmer Hutchinson. Copies from Reed's."
Title from accompanying notes. "Camp 2. Accident at rest stop just below Camp 2. The accident was actually a snow covered crevasse. Pepi, Shige, and Nobu were at the rest stop when the snow bridge collapsed, sending them into the crevasse....