Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane marked as CCCP-177 [i.e., SSSR-177] on wheels without wings being towed by a truck across snowy field. Three men in the truck and a utility pole visible in the background. The markings appear to be...
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...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Title from accompanying notes. There are seven men outside several yellow tents. The wind on the mountains is stirring up the snow in the background. Guy lines for the tents are marked with pink flagging.
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "Emard Cannery in background Anchorage, 1930's '37 or '38. Kay J. Kennedy Mail:12831 N. E. 83rd St. Kirkland, Wa. 98033. Estal call photo?" A rear view of a float plane (marked "NC-443-M" on the tail) on a muddy...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows two graves marked with crosses and surrounded by fences. They are sitting on a hill overlooking a river. Caption from finding aid reads "Anvik cemetery". Location is Anvik, Alaska.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows two graves surrounded by fencing and marked with crosses on a hill overlooking the Yukon River. Caption from finding aid reads "Anvik graveyard looking down the Yukon River". Location is Anvik,...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows two graves marked with crosses and surrounded by fences. They are sitting on a hill overlooking a river. Caption from finding aid reads "Anvik cemetery". Location is Anvik, Alaska.
Sign in image: Graves of Russian midshipman and six sailors killed in battle with Kiki-Siti Indians in 1804. Small picket fence surrounds a gravesite marked by a wooden Orthodox style cross.
Title from verso. Two women walking among grave markers. Many of the graves are marked by orthodox crosses. The cemetary is bordered by a fence woven from saplings.
Finely detailed totem pole in foreground. Main structure of house is exposed, showing house posts and roof timbers. A portion of the house front appears to be in ruins. The foreground of the photograph has been marked for cropping. Image: at...