Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
"Hand operated steel cable ferry, constructed by O. & S. to span the 70 Mile River when the waters were too high for fording. It was located at a point called 'Nimrod Bar.' Nimrod worked for O. & S. at Crooked Creek, but had also worked his own...
"A water power saw mill, the brain child of Jack Scheele. This was arranged, that a small log could be set in the log cradle, the water turned in the race to the water wheel, that in turn operated the affair that when the slab had been sawn off...
A group of men, probably miners, seem to be surveying the mining materials and supplies near their mining camp. One man sits atop a horse-drawn carriage. There are at least 4 stacks of different size pipes laying on the...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of loading feed for cattle on a ranch 30 miles from Kodiak, Alaska. Ranch may have been operated in part by Tom Felton.
Title taken from verso. Postcard of a part of a herd of 75 Hereford cattle on a ranch about 30 miles from Kodiak. Ranch may have been operated by Tom Felton and Sid Olds.
"Number 10 and 11. This is a...on the outside Pan American had a chief engineer who was in charge of the pilot group that required all this ground school and studying to get the title of a master pilot. So the international correspondence school...
"Number 10 and 11. This is a...on the outside Pan American had a chief engineer who was in charge of the pilot group that required all this ground school and studying to get the title of a master pilot. So the international correspondence school...
Title by author. Photograph of Eva Luke and Cora Rivenburg as Eva teaches Cora how to use the hand operated sewing machine. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Below is Eva initating Mrs. R. in the mysteries of a hand sewing machine. She was...
Title from caption. Photograph shows an electrically operated saw mill. It is raised up on pilings with a wooden sidewalk in front of it. A man is standing in front of it near a cart carrying with lumber. Caption also reads: "No. 59. A. J....
Title from caption. Photograph shows an electrically operated planing mill. Two men are standing outside next to a stack of lumber loading it onto a wheelbarrow. Signs on the building read "Planing mill" and "No smoking". Caption also reads:...
Title from indexer. Photograph an airplane sitting on snow. Snow covered houses can be seen in the background. The side of the plane reads "Wien Alaska Airways Inc." The plane is a Hamilton Metal Plane. Wien Alaska Airways operated under...
Title from verso. Photograph of a building damaged during the bombing raid on Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "All that remained of a 24-bed hospital at Unalaska after Japanese bombers struck June 4. Fortunately, all patients had been...
First Avenue in Ruby, 1913. Last mail over the trail before the breakup, spring 1913. Left to right-Mr. Myrick (the barber), mail driver, Dr. F. W. Herms, Postmaster Amos Kinzer, J. Slippern standing between cabin and post office. Others...
Photograph of First Avenue, Ruby, Alaska. The Identifiable businesses are from left to right: Bloom's Hardware Etc., Lunch Counter Restaurant, G. F. Mayhood Cigar & Pool Room, Alabam's, Northern, Our House Saloon operated by Jack McDonald, A....
Title from caption. Photograph of the wharves of Skagway during an extreme high tide. A lumber mill is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Shewing our sawmill at left, & railroad track in 1901 during an extraordinary high tide - our wharf in...
(4:17 min.) (07 of 08) Unions and changes in the engineering job Marine Engineers Benevolent Association; MEBA Union Hall; union meetings; strike -- Alaska Steam; strike -- American Mail Line; animosity -- company, union representatives;...
Title by indexer. Photograph of what looks like a supply depot for the construction of the Alaska Highway. Visible are a crane, trucks and construction materials, some under tarp and some out in the open. Also prominent is a group of men...
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...
Images include people departing Brill Car (trolley) from Fairbanks at the College railroad station at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of mines (University of Alaska Fairbanks). Among the...