Title from caption. Postcard of a dogsled race about to start. Narrative in photo album reads: "Ready to start a dog-team race. Each team is timed and must return with every dog it takes out, even if dog is dead, or exhausted or crippled, he...
"Wainwright. Left to right: captain, engineering officer, government nurse, (who travels by dog-team) two school-teachers, our doctor, navigator. The nurse is nice, and just as rugged as they come." Photograph possibly taken on USCG Spencer, 1939.
Title from caption. Photograph of mountains taken from above cloud level. Narrative in photo album reads: "Center below. Just a very unusual picture, taken above the clouds from one mountain to another. The sun was shining brightly, but the...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "David Frankson was the Point Hope postmaster. (Mail arrived by air three times a week from Kotzebue, weather permitting and pilot willing. When Bishop Gordon was priest-in-charge at Point...
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...
Title taken from verso. Man with sled dog team for delivering mail in Alaska. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 3/8".
Title taken from verso. Winter view of men with dog team on trail in Alaska. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Postcard. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of men in boat on river with sled dog team harnessed and following behind, Interior Alaska. 1920's. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/8".