(3:43 min.) (15 of 28) 15. Getting air time
George and a man named Grant Ruth trained as flight mechanics. George did some flying of the DC3's. He wanted to fly other aircraft but there were few civilian planes available for sale or...
193 second film clip, color/silent of the first Fairbanks Ice Bowl. This three minute clip shows hearty football players' playing hard in the few hours of daylight available during Fairbank's winter.
A community of shacks built from whatever materials were available, which sprang up near Peger Road in Fairbanks during boom years associated with the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
A group of men stand at the front entry way to the Lindsay Hotel, Porcupine, Alaska. From verso: "Log portion built first. Later when sawmill was in business, the addition was added, therefore I feel log portion probably built in 1900. Hotel...
A view of a hydraulic mining in operation. The availability of adeqate water supply is one of the essential features in this type of mining. The most ideal situation is one in which the seasonal water supply is readily available in a creek on which...
A view of the Lindsay Hotel in Porcupine, Alaska, a two-story dormered log building. Jack and Sally Irene Cole Lindsay built the hotel in 1899 and operated it until it was destroyed by fire in 1907. This photograph is made available by the family...
A view of the town of Porcupine in 1901. A group of people stand on the front steps of the Lindsay Hotel, the three-story building on the right hand side of the street. From the caption: "Porcupine City, Alaska. Blankenberg Photo." From verso:...
An interior view of the Lindsay Hotel, Porcupine, Alaska. Two women sit in chairs in the sitting room of the hotel. From front of image: "Blankenberg Photo." From verso: "Dr. Fraser & Irene - Dr. Fraser lived in Pleasant Camp, B. C. 12 miles from...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Interior view of the Lindsay Hotel with Jack and Irene Lindsay seated in a sitting area near a dining table, Porcupine, Alaska. From verso: "Jack Lindsay & Sally Irene Lindsay - Irene's age 37. Dining and sitting room area walls were covered with...
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.