Title taken from verso. Man standing beside Alaska Railroad tracks in 30 foot deep trench of snow in Alaska, with snow shed in distance. 1920's. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/8".
Title taken from verso. Man standing on another man's shoulders beside Alaska Railroad tracks in 30 foot trench of snow in Alaska, with snow shed in distance. 1920's. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Technical Sergeant "Mill" Plum standing beside the door of a Quonset hut buried in snow. He was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Original photograph size: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch.
A man stands behind a large pile of snow in a clearing in southcentral Alaska. A tent stands to the right, and tree stumps are scattered in the foreground. Photograph taken during the 1898 Edwin F. Glenn Cook Inlet U.S. Army Expedition. Cyanotype.
Title from caption, brackets by cataloger. Photograph of an abandoned cabin covered by snow. Narrative in photo album reads: "Winter scenes near villages. Below an abandoned cabbage nearly covered with snow."
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of Kwigillingok, Alaska, with Moravian church in center. Also from caption: "Kwigillingok, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of Kwigillingok, Alaska. Also from caption: "Kwigillingok, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
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 by indexer. Verso reads: "$1-. 30. Galena, AK." Image shows an African American man in a hat and coat standing in the snow in front of buildings at the Galena Air Force Base.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane that reads "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome" sitting with skis on snow. The plane is a Stinson Detroiter. Original size is 5.5 in. x 3.5 in.
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 indexer. Photograph shows a Wien Alaska Airways of Nome airplane sitting in the snow. Caption under the photograph reads "Stinson at Lake Minchumina December 1927".
See similar pictures UAF-2010-50-348 through UAF-2010-50-351. ...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome" airplane sitting in the snow. Caption under the photograph reads "Stinson at Lake Minchumina December 1927".
A tarp has been placed over the propeller and engine. ...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome" airplane sitting in the snow. Caption under the photograph reads "Stinson at Lake Minchumina December 1927".
A tarp has been placed over the propeller and engine. ...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome" airplane sitting in the snow. Caption under the photograph reads "Stinson at Lake Minchumina December 1927".
Original size is: 5.5 in. x 3.25 in.
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...