Wilma Knox walks down a street in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. From caption: "Bob caught me from behind as I strolled down past what must have been some kind of recreation hall. We looked in the window and there were seats inside and a large...
Wilma Knox leans on a bridge in McCarthy, Alaska, with buildings in the background. From caption: "It was very early morning in McCarthy when Bob got this picture of me leaning over the old bridge at the edge of town. Notice the beautiful white...
Wilma Knox looks at a few playing cards and an empty cigar box left on a table in the recreation hall in the abandoned copper mining town of Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "In the huge recreation hall where the miners went to play cards in the...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "A wild swan captured alive by [August E.] Miller. Being at the height of its molt is was unable to fly and so was easily overtaken and captured by the power dory. It made such a disturbance with its...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "[August E.] Miller holding the swan, which we caught in the front end of the boat." Previous photo caption reads: "A wild swan captured alive by Miller. Being at the height of its molt is was unable to...
Title by indexer. Other notes indicate: "[Igloos and jets, Fairbanks 1969.]" Two "igloos" (cargo containers) sit on elevated platforms at left. At center, a forklift raises or lowers boxes to or from the Wien Consolidated jet. This...
Title taken from caption. A series of boats with whaling crews maneuver around ice floes during a whale hunt near Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. Many of the men are wearing white parkas. The boat nearest to the camera carries seal floats....
Village, old and new airfields. According to finding aid, part of a series of photographs of Wiseman scenery. Appears to be same place as UAF-2003-124-181 which identifies the river as the Koyukuk.
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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According to finding aid, part of a series of photographs of Wiseman scenery. Appears to be same place as UAF-2003-124-181 which identifies the river as the Koyukuk.
Men (some in uniform) standing behind table laid out with food and drink during "New York Night" held by USO at Community Hall in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "The food was excellent prepared by the chefs of the Railway Battalion [714th Railway...
Mason, Charles (photographer). Gelatin silver photograph. Size: 8 x 12 in. Three kids in a metal bathtub. Verso: Untitled from "The Last Homesteaders Series" Slana, Alaska. Signed and dated. Signed front lower right. Donated by Charles Mason...
Mason, Charles (photographer). Gelatin silver photograph. Size: 8 x 12 in. Signed lower right. Verso: Untitled. From "The Last Homesteaders Series." Man smoking a cigarette. Donated by Charles Mason April 7, 1998.
Title by indexer. Photograph of a truck in the snow. The lettering on the door reads: "Larry Reed, Fairbanks, Alaska." This photograph is a part of a series of images from the construction of the Alaska Highway.
A group of tourist walk along railroad tracks in Kennecott Copper Mine area in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "From 1913 to 1938 these tracks were used to haul copper ore from Kennecott [sic] down to McCarthy and then on to Cordova, where it was...
Tourists look at the Model T Ford railroad car and open-air cars, their "express", at the old train depot in McCarthy, Alaska. Wilma Knox is in the foreground. From caption: "Our passengers are arriving at the depot to board the "express" which...
Title taken from caption. View of someone checking out the wrecked airplane of Tom Donahue in a large snowfield. Location of photo not given, but likely on or near the Columbia Glacier where other photos in series were taken.
Title taken from caption. View of the "Red Wing" under sail. Caption also says:"The Red Wing owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kodiak Experiment Station. Sept. 24th." Based on other photos in the series this photo was most likely taken...