The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Title taken from front. Eleven horses graze along the Alaska Central Railway tracks outside of Seward, Alaska. Photograph number 29. Also from front: "29. A[laska] C[entral] R[ailwa]y. L.N.G." 1908-1909. Photograph number 29. Photographer: Lillie...
Waves crash against the shore with a mountain in the background. There is also the number "84" printed on the bottom left of the photo, possibly a photographer's imprint number. On the lower right are the initials...
"And this is number 6, and we have a number of pilots here. Yea that was a group of pilots that flew the navy contract operation out the Aleutians during WWII.
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.
Title from caption. Postcard shows the beach front in Nome, Alaska. Caption on postcard reads "2009 - Birdseye view of Nome, Alaska" this number appears to indicate the series number.
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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52 second, black & white/silent, film clip of people and airplanes at Merrill Field.
Greg Herrick provided the following information about the biplane with people standing in front (tail number NV 977Y) Acquired by Harold Gillam for use...
Title taken from caption. View showing new concrete sidewalk on Fourth Street between E and F in the Anchorage town site. During the summer of 1917, 18 blocks of 12 foot concrete sidewalks, and two blocks of 6 foot concrete walks were...
Title taken from caption. "Picture of the town of Wasilla, Mile 159 on the Government Railroad, taken on the day of the first sale of lots, June 20, 1917. There have been sold 52 lots within this town site, for a total sale price of $5,740.00....
"Watch Alaska! "Opportunity... "Pilots and mechanics Alaska Star airlines is growing! To keep pace with today's urgent wartime requirements and gear up for the increased passenger, mail, express and freight...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Northern Railway (now the Alaska Railroad) car number 2 stopped in front of a railroad depot. An engineer and conductor are on board the train car which is stopped next to a railroad depot while other men are...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction camp along Chickaloon River, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G232." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G232. 1916....
Title taken from front. View of tunnels and buildings, Matanuska coal mines, Matanuska Valley, near Moose Creek, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G239." From information with photo: "On Moose Creek." Photographer's number G239. An Alaska...
Title taken from front. Group photo of officer and crew of Alaska Engineering Commission steamship "Omineca", Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G635." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G635. 1917....
Title taken from front. View of Front Street in Nome, Alaska, with pedestrians and horses on street, Hotel Del Norte at right, and large number of barrels in front of building at lower left. Photographer's number 802. n.d. Photographer: Goetze.