05 A plane of her own (5:30 min.) (05 of 09) There was no flight instruction in the winter so Pearl was laid off. She spent the winter of 1945 at the University at Fairbanks. She saw the Russian pilots flying the lend lease planes. Margaret...
(5:17 min.) (21 of 28) 21. Licenses and ratings
Discussion of the difficulties getting commercial license; the easiest way is to become an instructor. George got his license, then his instructor rating; the instrument rating was more...
A letter on the back of photograph reads "Have not seen Doctor B for quite a while. Mr.& Mrs. (illegible) and two little lasses come up to see us quite often. He is the science teacher here he came from Oregon City. Seems like our own people....
Title from verso> "[Merton] At[t]wood - [with] Jenny 36 KS. Alaska approximate date 1925 to 1928. Still alive and mining in Manley Hot Springs area. Also has own airplane, still flying. The numbers 47358 is faintly visible on the side of the...
Title taken from creator's notes.
Color photograph of a sternwheeler with the following notes: This riverboat connected Fairbanks with Anchorage. The captain notified the military when they could come to pick up their shipments. This included...
Hand tinted photograph of Marie Silverman standing in a garden (probably her own) next to a large flowering bush with raised plant beds and a building in the background in Anchorage, Alaska. From verso: "Marie Silverman."
Five Anchorage Garden Club members pose with three Russian sailors during trip to Kodiak, Alaska. From caption: "Over a dozen of our members had the special opportunity to attend the state convention in Kodiak where our own Della Barry, president,...
Winter shot of William Herbert Newlove, part of the construction crew on the Alaska Highway. He is wearing a hat, mittens and a scarf and leaning against a military truck. Verso: "I have about all the clothes I own on in this picture. Northway...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Altho one might think this snap was taken in the sun, actually it was raining hard." From May's journal, dated July 26th: "Our dish washing is a very simple affair. We have not gas enough to heat hot...
Title taken from caption. Anchorage residents look over and photograph damage from the earthquake in the Turnagain Bluff area. The sign on the barricade reads "Danger area. Enter at your own risk." A fuel oil lantern sits atop the barricade.
Title taken from caption. A barricade put up by the Anchorage Public Works department after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. The sign reads: "Danger area. Enter at your own risk."
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska, part of which was leased for workers' quarters during early Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. Also from verso: "Some unused military quarters were leased by pipeline...
Title supplied by cataloger. Iditarod Trail and Race. Man stands with back to camera next to a plane fitted with skis. Another plane visible in background. Thompson may have also been transporting sled dogs. Slide labeled, 'Photo copyright Joe...
Title taken from accompanying text. Text: In the foreground is Annahootz and beside him is Mary Klan Tech daughter of a subchief of the Kokwanton clan. Mary was sent by Annahootz to warn the white population of Sitka on the night of February 6th....
From verso: A.P. Swineford - taken on his way to Alaska as Governor [in] 1885 to finish Kincaid's term and then serve his own [as second governor of the Territory of Alaska, 1885-1889]
According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, there were no living quarters provided for the teacher; she goes on to write: "To go into a new community and rent a house; then clean it up and assemble a few necessities for housekeeping...