Title form verso partially obscured. Photograph of Kiska invasion command during a meeting to discuss the final plans. Verso reads: "American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska, vast Japanese stronghold in the Aleutians, without...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- 200 yards inland -- Heavily damaged and left high and dry is a modified WWII landing barge, which was used to haul freight in the Seward, Alaska, area. Although the...
Title from verso. Photograph of a gunner watching for enemy aircraft duing the landing of men and equipment on an island in the Aleutian chain. Verso reads: "United States Army troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof...
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Back Row (left to right): Jim Austin; Carl "Sweeney" Swenson; Archie "Ross" Cavanaugh; Gil Truitt; Richard "Doc" Stitt.
Front Row (left to right): Clyde Larabee, Coach; Claire "Corky" Casey; Bill Cummings; Solomon "Dundee" Atkinson; Franklin...
Caption: Washington-- Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett greets Army Second Lt. and Mrs Terrance P. McLean, formerly of Nome, at his Washington office which the couple visited shortly after McLean was commissioned at Ft. Lee, Petersburg, Virginia. ...
Title taken from notes on the back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Curious Cargo -- Steel poles for the earthquake stricken community of Seward, Alaska, are offloaded from an Air Force C-123 'Provider' from the...
Title from caption. Photograph of Eagle City. Narrative in photo album read: "First village we saw in interior Alaska. Eagle City! on the Yukon shortly after crossing Canada boundary going down river."
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
Title taken from caption. Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) gets help washing and drying dishes from service man John Chrisman in 'Bee Hive' in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Beulah 'Bee' Marrs getting dishwashing help from John...
Title taken from note with photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- EVACUATION -- Patients in serious condition and those requiring lengthy hospitalization were air evacuated from USAF Hospital Elmendorf shortly after the...
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Title taken from back of photo. HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Fleet Demolished -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages during the tidal wave that swept coastal Alaskan communities shortly...
Title by cataloguer. In the Spring, Fur Seals come to the "rookeries", beaches or Islands where they mate and give birth. The rookeries for the Northern Fur Seal are in the Pribilof and Commanders' Islands. Note: Each seal mates on the exact...
"HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- Heavy Damage -- Large scale damage was inflicted on the Alaska port city of Seward by the Good Friday earthquake and the tidal wave that followed shortly...
Title from caption. Photograph of a burning Japanese ship in Kiska Harbor after U.S. Army Air Forces raided Japanese-held Kiska Island. Caption on front of phototgraph reads: "Kiska Harbor, Aleutian Island, Alaska, -- Jap [ Japanese ]...
Title by cataloger. Verso reads: "Larry Larson? Fuzz Rogers?"
Identified as Larry Larson by grandson Kent Lyman of Huntsville, Alabama. Larson died in a plane crash shortly before the birth of his daughter Ruth in June, 1940.