"An unusual record of achievement has been established by eight native Alaskans, who were graduated August 10 by the RCA Institutes in New York. Members of a pilot group, sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, they scored a notable success in...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
A judge watches closely as two women arm-wrestle in a roped off ring. Further information was supplied by Flora Demoski during the Denakkanaaga Elder and Youth Conference, held June 6-10, 2005, in Grayling, Alaska: Shirley Dick [top-left of...
A man is carrying (transporting) a canoe on his head, using one hand to balance the canoe, while the other hand is holding a canister or perhaps a gas can. The man is walking along a field of tall grass or possibly some type of grain. In the...
A woman carrying a child on her back. The inscription "Chief David" is written on a plank above the entrance of the log house. She is dressed in a checkered dress, a short cloak and knee high boots. Her hair is pulled back; she is smiling as though...
An Army tugboat seen close to the wreck of the S.S. Yukon after the storm near Seward, Alaska. The U.S.S. Curb and a Coast Guard boat are further out. From verso: "Glacier Photo Service, Seward, Alaska." 1946. Original size of photograph: 8" x 10".
Attached sheet states: Scene at hearing in Washington, D. C. of Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Aid Expenditures, headed by Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska. Senator Gruening has asked the State Department and Agencey for International...
Caption: What Happens When A Territory Becomes A State? - In a radio interview with Washington correspondent Stuart Finley, offical representatives of the new country of Ghana and the 49th state of the United States discuss the similaritites and...
Caption: Willard L. Bowman, Executive Director, State Commission for Human Rights, visits with Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett during a short stay in Washington. From Washington Mr. Bowman, long-time resident of Anchorage, flew to Toledo to join Mrs....
Children dressed in fur coats with hoods and scarfs. The child on the left is also wearing a sash across her chest, perhaps a baby belt in which she is carrying a doll or small child. The children are standing in front of stacked firewood. Log...
Children in winter clothing. All three (two boys and a small girl) are dressed in warm rabbit coats, mittens and headgear. They are standing in a field of partially melted snow and ice.
Further information was supplied by Roy David of Tok,...