(5:05 min) (04 of 19) Education in Chicago Got a request from the Chicago & Altman Railroad to try-out for a fireman job. He was engaged to be married and decided not to work on the railroad. Went to Chicago to take the Ray Automobile...
(4:26 min) (05 of 19) Illinois Central Railroad Met a man working for the Illinois Central Railroad. Next job was painting for the Illinois Central Railroad. While he was there he put in for the steel gang building and repairing railroad...
(4:53 min.) (10 of 24) 10 Main job of the Steward was in the dining room and the cabins Steward had to deal with the people, had to do the ordering, had to balance all the overtime. On the "North Sea" had to print up the menus. Had to sit...
(4:00 min.) (20 of 24) 20 Purchasing agent
Nicky Jones was the purchasing agent, but he got too sick to do the job. They hired a replacement from Boeing. Buying for an airplane company was very different from buying for a ship. He quickly...
(03 of 09) 3. Coal; constitutional convention Coal was needed in Fairbanks and was shipped to Korea. Les believed that he was in the middle in terms of political knowledge. He believed there was some political maneuverings to make Bill...
(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...
06 Crash took six weeks to repair aircraft (4:58 min.)(06 of 09)
In the mean time took a job teaching in McGrath that keep her busy through the winter. In the spring went to lower 48 to get an airplane. In Seattle went to Northern Commercial...
Title by cataloguer. This view is reminiscent of "Killing Fur Seals," and other images depicted by Henry Wood Elliott (1846 - 1930). In this picture a group of men are seen in the process of killing the fur seals.
Title taken from back of photo. "Elmendorf Slide Area -- A portion of Bluff Road on Elmendorf AFB 'slipped' down the hillside during the Good Friday earthquake. Here, Base earthmoving equipment lines up in preparation to tackle the job of...
Title frame reads: "Democratic Party campaign commercial in support of jobs for Alaskans first." Campaign commercial that begins with men sitting around what looks to be a job bank smoking and playing cards. This is followed by stirring music...
Title taken from text.
Boats preparing to travel on a river. Photograph has the caption: Construction party embarking at McCarty for Richardson. Teams crossing on the ferry, men and part of equipage going by small boats. The distance is...
Title from verso. A close-up shot of a man with closely cropped hair, dressed in suit and tie, head slightly turned towards the camera. He may be an employee of Wien Airlines.
After a message from Marty Wells, Don Everly's daughter, in...
Title taken from caption (lower right). Photo of a "SOUVENIR OF ALASKA'S FIRST AIRMAIL FLIGHT FAIRBANKS TO JUNEAU 8, 1938" (lower-left caption). Also on the front of the image is a caption (upper right) that reads "MALEMUTE MAIL EXPRESS SAYS...
Title from verso. "First plane on pontoons spring of 1941. Tied to ice cake on frozen beach at Bootleggers cove near Anchorage. Reason: Flying engineers to Whittier camp of new tunnel job for railroad. Photo by Russ Dow." Compare to...
Title taken from caption. View of Paul Rarey Hagelbarger, topographer, at work. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1919.
Title taken from caption. View of family having breakfast at pipeline camp near Delta Junction, Alaska. From verso: "From: US Army Engineer District, Alaska, PO Box 7002, Anchorage, Alaska. Phone: Anchorage BRoadway 6-6091 or Elmendorf 754-4182....
Title taken from caption. View of trucks and trailers parked around the Sears Creek, Alaska pump station. From verso: "From: US Army Engineer District, Alaska, PO Box 7002, Anchorage, Alaska. Phone: Anchorage BRoadway 6-6091 or Elmendorf 754-4182....
Title taken from caption. Myron Myrick sleeps in chair while Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) and Arthur Rich look on in Anchorage, Alaska. Photograph was used in Anchorage Daily Times article published Nov. 3, 1943 entitled "USO Friday...
Title taken from front. View of man, possibly Joe A. Spenard, sitting on chair atop building with pet black bears in Valdez, Alaska. From sign: "On the job day or night. City Express. Phone 82." 1910-1920.