Title from verso. Verso reads: "Capt. Alb. Jackman, A.G.F., 1942 Army Test Expedition." The 1942 Army Test Expedition tested military food, clothing and equipment on Mount McKinley in 1942. Seventeen men were selected from various military...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
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...
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 notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Back at 12,000ft camp. Pete Haase's red parka with wolverine ruff on left, Marie Working on right."
Title from verso. A portrait of an unidentifed Alaskan Native man standing in a hallway. He is wearing a white shirt, (possibly) a uniform with a name tag or company logo and a parka with a fur ruff around the hood.
Title from verso. "I beleive it was Burt Ruff's ? plane. Tied to ice cakes on frozen beach at [Bootleggers] Cove near Anchorage about 1943. [from Bob Reeve file]. Photo by Russ Dow." A rear view of a float plane labeled "Bristol Bay Air...
Title by indexer. "Burt Ruoff's Travel Air in sea [Bristol] Bay Airways." A view of a small float plane at the dock. The cityscape is visible in the distance as is a five masted schooner.
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Title from verso. "Bob Reeve in Fairchild 51 on Columbia Glacier landing field for Ruff & Tuff mine. Ed Tatro (?) in foreground assembling 2 ton Hold tractor from parts flown in after disassembling at mud ville outside Valdez. Photo by Russ...
Title from accompanying notes. Several men climbing a mountain, a view of the mountain range behind them. The men are in red down parkas and wear heavy mittens and boots. Frost is visible on one man's fur ruff.
Title from accompanying notes. "Pete on summit of Mount Bona. Third time Mount Bona had ever been climbed and the first time that Mount Bona had been climbed via West Bona." Mountain climber at summit, he is in red down parka with wolverine...
Photo caption "Bob Reeve, Owen Meals, Beals (stockholder in Ruff & Tuff Mine) near Cliff Mine. (man with back to camera unknown)." View is of four men working on a bushplane, one is Bob Reeve owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve...
Title taken from caption "Crew landed in Valdez. left to right: Charlie White, Arland Hagima, Bob Reeve, Bill Eger, Mike Knowles, Jack Hoare." View of five crewmembers of the Ruff & Tuff Mine and Bob Reeve standing under the wing of the plane that...
Title taken from caption. View of Ed Tatro above the 'cat' which looks to be the engine of a large tractor. The 'cat' is at the mud flats near Valdez which were used as an airstrip and it is being readied for shipment to the Ruff & Tuff Mine.
Title taken from caption. View of Bob Reeve's plane sitting on the Columbia Glacier with the parts of a new diesel engine unloaded in the foreground. The term 'cat' is often used in refering to a tractor. This tractor engine is most likely for some...
View of Santa Claus riding on a dogsled near the tail end of a C-123 airplane at Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This was part of "Operation Santa Claus" out of Elmendorf Air Force Base. From verso: "Santa (Lt. Col. Jay N. Thomas) and helper...
Hunter doll made by Dolly Spencer of Homer, Alaska. Information from photo: "Dolly Spencer, Homer, originally from Shishmareff. 1977. Hunter doll "Epeelick". Outer parka - oogruck [bearded seal] gut and seal skin trim. Willow bark dyed draw string...