115 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame, "Phillips Collection." Film shows a man servicing and refueling a Piper PA-16 airplane on skis at Phillips Field in Fairbanks, then the plane taking off. Airplane's N-number is N5776H.
Bob Reeve, owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian Airways, lying on the snow, using a blow torch to melt the ice off the bottom of the plane skis. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
From verso: Arctic proving ground, the last lap: After the tedious climb over the mountains, personnel from the Arctic Indoctrination Center, near the wooded area where they will bivouac for the night. Signal Corps 397227-S; Dept. of Defense...
Looking down at a woman on skis holding onto a rope tow next to a ski jump, probably at Ship Creek, Anchorage. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inch.
Photograph is of a line of soldiers attempting to do a 180 degree turn on skis. Each soldier has one ski raised vertically and is midway through the turn. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title from accompanying notes. "Floyd & Pete burying skis for use as anchor points to tie down the plane for the night. Floyd, and Lois who lives in Illiamna (which is NW of Kodiak) spent the night. Note: Lois describes her night staying with...
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 from image caption Skier holds pole in one hand and, in the other, holds rope attached to two dogs in harness; log building in background [Sam Adams' home (See PCA68-138)]
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man on cross country skis. Two other men on skis are nearby him. Some buildings can just barely be seen in the distance.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man on nordic skis with poles in his hands. He is wearing a hat, sweater, pants, and boots. Original size is 1.5 x 4 in.