View of a group of women standing next to a fire department car (ambulance?) in Anchorage, Alaska. Christine McClain is the third woman from the right of the photo. The women are holding small cans that read "Give American Cancer Society" and bags...
A fire truck sits in the middle of the street while a fireman holds a fire hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. In background, spectators watch firemen fight the fire in a building at left. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of...
Photograph with verso caption: "Alaska Statehood backers jubilant-Members of the U. S. Congress who led the fight to make Alaska the 49th state of the Union join with Alaska's Govenor and Congressmen elect in celebrating the final passage of...
Title from verso. Photograph of Japanese transport ships, one of which is burning and smoking. Verso reads: "Black smoke hangs over Kiska Harbor as it rises from a Jap [ Japanese ] transport hit by bombs from U.S. planes during a raid...
(7:14 min.) (25 of 28) 26. C-47 transport
George flew transport C-47 between Alaska and Seattle. Sometimes on the way down he had to land on Annette Island to refuel. On the way up they always had to refuel to fight the headwinds. He had...
"Rifle practice at twenty below zero. Members of the 1st Scout Battalion of the Alaska National Guard on the rifle range during the Guard's Encampment at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Alaska guardsmen must be prepared to fight in all kinds of weather."
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of a Buick service center after a fire in 1947. This occurred at the corner of 1st and Cushman. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.