Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Looking back up to the summit of North America (up ended ski pole on right). We've been there!!!"
Title from back of photograph. Dedication September 3, 1922. According to Cole, this band was hastily assembled and had practiced together only once before this ceremony. There is no mention how they ended up sounding during the grand event....
Verso: Eighteen months of demanding study in electronics ended successfully August 10 for eight native Alaskans when all were graduated by the RCA Institutes in New York. They are members of a pilot educational program sponsored by the Bureau of...
Title from verso of a similar photo. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as...
Title from verso. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as the funnel for a vast...
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...
View of memorial stone to Will Rogers and Wiley Post who died during an airplane crash at Barrow, Alaska. Inscriptions on memorial reads: "Will Rogers and Wiley Post, 'America's ambassadors of good will,' ended life's flight here August 15, 1935....
The CYANE was designed to intercept "rum runners" during prohibition years; prohibition ended before she was put into service; however, her design proved effective for other Coast Guard missions
One letter, undated but assumed to be from November 1918, tells about the flu epidemic, the sinking of the Princess Sophia, and the celebration of the Armistice which ended World War II.
American soldiers "in the thick of it" on Attu Ridge in May 1943. By the end of the month the battle of Attu ended with American victory and the invader was driven from American soil.