Title from caption. Photograph of Tanana's main business district. Visible as seen from their own advertisements are the Lincoln House Hotel and Restaurant, the ER House, also probably a hotel and restaurant and a headquarters, possibly related...
Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...
Title from verso. Aerial view of a portion of the northeast coast of Attu Island showing route of attack of the U.S. forces during the Aleutian Campaign. Verso reads: "This aerial photo-diagram, made public by the U.S. War Department,...
Title from verso. Photograph of dead Japanese soldiers. Verso reads: "Attu -- Every one a bloody, gruesome corpse with a part of his body torn away, these Japs [ Japanese ] died by their own hand in a mass suicide on Attu, in the...
Title from verso. Photograph of seals on the beach of a Pribilof Island. Verso reads: "Pribilof Islands -- A big bull seal (center) lords it over his harem of nearly 30 cows and their pups, presenting an amusing picture for crewmen of...
Title from verso. Photograph of Selawik inhabitants floating home on a raft of logs with their tent set up for the trip. Verso reads: "[In?] the [spring?] before the ice and snow is gone the people from Selawik go up the river with their...
(6:09 min.) (14 of 20) (Wholesaling structure/DEW line and Pipeline--DEW line--Pipeline--Alaska Steamship did DEW line project (single employer)--Pipeline was handled by different contractors and subcontractors that each did their own...
(3:57 min.) (09 of 27) Denali Highway
One of the complaints is that the Road Commission did most of their own work and contracted out very little. There was no profit in bringing the equipment all the way here. Setting up base and...
(7:43 min) (11 of 17) Check your own gas cap
Picked up an L1 observation plane with Sasoon for Fish & Wildlife doing work in Prince William Sound. Flying on Sunday no one around Still had some in main tank as well as auxiliary tank. When...
Full note reads: "The location was an area between Kobuk and Shungnak called Koochak - Old CAA station, Civil Aeronautics Administration. The white building is possibly where Richard and Florence Collins lived...
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...