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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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...
Title from accompanying notes. "Floyd & Pete burying skis for use as anchor points to tie down the plane for the night. Floyd, and Lois who lives in Illiamna (which is NW of Kodiak) spent the night. Note: Lois describes her night staying with...
Title taken from front. View of Harding Entrance, Resurrection Bay, Alaska, at night. Photographer's number 178. n.d. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Title taken from verso. Moonlight town scene of Fourth Avenue from west end. Anchorage, 1940's. Shows the Wendler Building and streetlights. 3x4 contact print, 3x4 neg
Title taken from front. View of Fourth Avenue at night, Anchorage, Alaska. Business shown include Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drug Store, and Cheechako Tavern. From verso: "Official photograph. Air Corps U.S. Army, 2nd Mapping Squadron, Felts Field,...
The ladies are Agafia Nelson, Dolly Gust, Olga Chukwak, Elma Wilson, Anna Waskey, Berta Wilson, Pat Apokedak, Ida Wilson, Stephanita Apokedak, Effie Henrikson, Joan Handson, Kitty Setuk, Anna Chukwak, Mary Tallekpalek, Elizabeth Hester, and Mary...
Title from verso. "Loading a C-47 Skytrain. (Official photo of U.S. Army Air Corps Ladd Field.)." A group of army personnel are loading cargo to and from a transport plane during the night.
Men (some in uniform) standing behind table laid out with food and drink during "New York Night" held by USO at Community Hall in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "The food was excellent prepared by the chefs of the Railway Battalion [714th Railway...