Text on photo reads: "After Storm Nov. 17". View of the wreckage of the Lincoln Bar in Nome after a storm on Nov 17, 1945. "Jacobs [Studio] Nome" written on bottom right of photograph. Two wooden buildings adjacent to the wreckage are intact. ...
Title by indexer. The Cushman Street bridge when it was made of wood, with a large crowd gathered on it. The businesses in the background include the Tanana, the Nordale Hotel, The Fair View Hotel, the Senate, the Eagle, and a building...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a woman standing on a dirt road in the center of a town. Businesses line each side of the street. Signs along the street read "General Merchandise and Drugs A. D. Thompson", "Fruits and Soft Drinks", and...
Title supplied by cataloger. View down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage. In the middle distance, a woman is crossing the street with a baby carriage and a child in a small wagon. Cars parked along the curb. Federal building and businesses visible. 3x4...
81 second film clip, black & white/silent, showing a thermometer reading 48 degrees below zero, and scenes of Fairbanks in winter. Scenes are from rooftops and elevated perspectives showing downtown's 1st and 2nd avenue, Cushman Street and the...
Title from margin notes. Photograph shows a parade in downtown Fairbanks. A person can be seen holding a horses reins as an automobile drives behind it.
Title from margin notes. Photograph shows a man on a sled on top of a truck. The truck is decorated with flags and a banner. The banner appears to read "[?]can Championship Dog Races". The truck is part of a Fairbanks Winter Carnival parade....
(6:02 min) (14 of 17) Fur buyers made use of airplanes Fur buyers rarely dealt directly with trappers. Fur buyers never quibbled about price, but always had a case of booze to aid in the negotiations. Regular mail service destroyed the fur...
(4:38 min) (06 of 17) Flying history, quit commercial flying 1960 quit flying so he could spend summers furthering education. Sam White gave advice, Harold Gilliam, Wien's, the real bush pilots or first wave of air pioneers. More...
(3:06 min) (04 of 17) Flying business
June '47 bought an airplane and started work mostly near Aniak, Fairbanks, Circle, Fort Yukon wound up in Central. Went to Globe Arizona in the winters to take classes in air mechanic and everything...
(3:16 min) (03 of 17) Army, teaching and Fish & Game Trained in Sta. Maria California (Moffitt Field) finished in 1942. James C. Ryan old instructor talked about jobs. Got out of Army during WWII to teach school, took Gov. Gruening and Rep....
(2:53 min.) (09 of 12) People's lack on interest in Statehood and politics; airplane business; dedicated mother; Toast Mistress Club; education; Alaskans -- not interested in regulations or laws; citizens -- some felt effects; Lathrop, Cap --...
(2:08 min.) (04 of 12) Benefits of Statehood Territorial days -- governed by the Department of the Interior; policies constantly changed; no money -- exploration and development; no set regulations or policies --prevented business growth;...
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "L to R: _________? Larky [Wyman "Lanky"] Rice, Fritz Wien, ___________? Ray, Petersen, _______ Fitzhugh, Toni Petersen, C. W. Snedden, __________?, ___________?, Ed Olson, Bud Hagberg, Noel Wien. Wien Consolidated...
View of airplanes and man and woman dressed as pilot and flight attendant on Wien Air Alaska float in Golden Days parade in Fairbanks, Alaska. Float was judged winner in commercial float category. Sign on float reads: "1st in Alaska's future."...