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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Title taken from caption. "11507 -- (5) The stories we read of life in the Arctic usually persuade us to believe that only the most robust persons should venture into those latitudes, and then only when well provided with an ample wardrobe of...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, looking up Lakina River from 4 miles below our camp, Blackburn Mountains in distance". "There would be no possibililty of communication with the outside world for two months. We were as completely...
Title by cataloger. An outdoor group picture of teenagers. The PAN AM (Pan American Ailines) logo is visible on the rolling airplane stairs in the background.
Title taken from logo on photo. A view of a runway with a few planes on the ground, as cargo is being loaded. One airborne plane is visible in the background. On the rear of the plane in the foreground is written "Wien Consolidated"; to the...
Title by indexer. View of Holy Cross taken from a ship on the Yukon River. Image shows community and church buildings on the shore and large white cross on a hillside in the background. Two men are rolling oil barrels on the left side of the...
Title from verso. View of Holy Cross taken from the Yukon River. Image shows community and church buildings on the shore and large white cross on a hillside in the background. Two men are rolling oil barrels on the left side of the...
Title taken from caption. View of the crowds near the food vendors and beneath the rain clouds that are rolling into the fair grounds at the Alaska State Fair held in Palmer, Alaska. Photo taken in Sept. of 1973. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x...
Title taken from verso. View of several steamrollers lined up along the air strip being prepared for the 26-Mile Airbase (later Eielson Air Force Base) in Interior Alaska. 1947. Original photograph size: 3 1/4 X 4 5/8.
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Rock-cut terraces along Porcupine River in its lower Ramparts. Showing dissection of present flood plain of river in a former rock-cut flood plain which in turn was eroded in the rolling...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Rock-cut terraces along Porcupine River in its lower Ramparts. Showing dissection of present flood plain of river in a former rock-cut flood plain which in turn was eroded in the rolling...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Rock-cut terraces along Porcupine River in its lower Ramparts. Showing dissection of present flood plain of river in a former rock-cut flood plain which in turn was eroded in the rolling...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Title taken from front. View of land suitable for farming along the Alaska Engineering Commission Railway line, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G923." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G923. Oct. 1918....
Title supplied by cataloger. Four boats along shore, with water and rolling hills in background. Joe Redington Sr. and Art Eckart built these boats in Unalakleet. One is called the Big Kyak; the other names are only partially visible.
Title supplied by cataloger. Joe stands in jeans and jean jacket on shore A small wooden boat is set on the shore behind him. Water and rolling hills in background. A loaded barge can also be seen on the far shore. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Woman sits holding the baby on her lap. She holds hands with the young boy. Water and rolling hills in distance. Slide printed 10/1971. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. One dog lies on its back next to the trail while the rest of the team sits. Photo taken from the musher's perspective. Trees and rolling hills in distance. Slide printed 4/1977. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Bill Cotter in red shirt. Joe Redington Sr. stands on far right, next to open cargo doors of airplane, wearing jacket with Iditarod logo. Rolling ramp leads to plane doors. Men stand in and on ground next to plane....