Title taken from accompanying materials. Tanana Chiefs Conference. First conference of Native land rights, July [5], 1915 Three rows of men, including James Wickersham, Thomas Riggs, Jr. and Athapascan Indian chiefs, identified on...
Includes forecast of wind and weather in the North Pacific for July, U.S. weather and temperature signals, U.S. storm signals, fog signals, time ball, steamer routes from Brito to Yokohama and Hongkong, equator crossings for sailing passages in the...
Title taken from caption. View of Russian Orthodox church at Pilot Point, Alaska, with cemetery at left. Also from caption: "Pilot Point, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of Pilot Point, Alaska. Also from caption: "Pilot Point, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from caption. View of pilot boat at Bethel, Alaska, with United States flag flying and men on deck. Two small boats are visible in foreground and at right. Printing on boat at left reads: "Husky II." Also from caption: "Bethel, AK."...
Title taken from caption. View of supply ship and pilot boat at Bethel, Alaska. From verso: "Ship and pilot." Also from caption: "Bethel, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from caption. A pilot boat approaches the U.S. Navy cargo ship Sirius. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Ice buildup in back is from Arctic Ocean. Noel Wein pilot and James Stewart co-pilot later went on to PAA Alaska and Honolulu runs. Noel Wien photo. Verso: “Landing Ford Tri-Motor at Barrow Village on lagoon. In background notice ice pressure in...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska. Tanana Chiefs Council of 1915. ...
Pilot chart of the Yukon River, showing wood storage sites and the amount of wood, cabins, villages, gravesites, sawmills, mines and creeks along the riverbanks. Sand bars and various features of the river are drawn in, and a dashed line indicates...
Title from indexer. Group photograph of Native leaders in the Tanana Valley with Episcopal Minister. Identifications left to right are Julis Pilot of Nenana, Jacob Starr of Tanana, Alexander Titus of Hot Springs, Chief William of Tanana, Chief...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
List of names taken from caption. Standing in the back row (l-r) Julius Pilot, Nenana; Titus Alexander of Hot Springs, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Th (Thomas) Riggs, Mr. Richie, and Chief Alexander Williams.
Title supplied by cataloger. Two women and a pilot standing beside an airplane. The pilot is wearing a flight suit with goggles and the women are wearing dresses, coats and hats. One woman is wearing eyeglasses. Part of the plane's markings...
Title supplied by cataloger. Four men are visible. Two are wearing driving caps, one has a fedora, and one wears a pilot's jacket and hat with goggles. The bottom portion of the photo is obscured. The pilot is also pictured in photos...
Title by indexer. From verso: "S. A. Smionov, Soviet radio engineer; pilot Jimmie Mattern; Leo Khvat, Moscow Journalist and reporter for Pravda & Tass; Joe Crosson, pilot & general manager pacific Alaska Airways; pilot H. S. Jones. From a Noel...
Title taken from caption. View of the pilot house of the steamer Yukon. Mr. Rose is on the left. Lucas, the Alaska Native pilot hired by the survey crew, is on the right.