A crowd of people line a street to watch a dogsled team led (perhaps) by Capt. Crimmins start the All Alaska Sweepstakes Sled Dog Race. Photos UAF-1985-122-46 to UAF-1985-122-48 may be of the same activity.
Title from caption. Postcard of the start of the Great Fire in Fairbanks, Alaska, May 22, 1906. Visible in the photo are several of the Northern Commercial Companies buildings and Sargent & Pinska which may have been a men's store. A stern...
Caption: Willard L. Bowman, Executive Director, State Commission for Human Rights, visits with Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett during a short stay in Washington. From Washington Mr. Bowman, long-time resident of Anchorage, flew to Toledo to join Mrs....
Title from verso: "The start of a dog team." Verso also has a circular stamp that reads: "A Madsen print. Oct 10, 1933. Chicago." Image is of two young sled dogs with a forest nearby.
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 margin notes. Photograph shows a child in a fur parka running on a dog sled race course. A sign above the race course reads "Alaska Dog Mushe[rs] Start (Fairbanks Winter Carnival) Finish".
Title from margin notes. Photograph shows a person in a parka being thrown in the air during a blanket toss. A banner in the background reads "Alaskan Dogmushers, Start, Finish"
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...
Title from caption. Postcard of a dogsled race about to start. Narrative in photo album reads: "Ready to start a dog-team race. Each team is timed and must return with every dog it takes out, even if dog is dead, or exhausted or crippled, he...
Title from image. Photograph of the start of a marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska. Writing at bottom reads: The starting of the great marathon race at Fairbanks, Alaska July 4th 1909. Held under the management of Capewell & Finn. Time made by...
Title from verso. Photograph of first wave of landing craft heading for the beaches of Attu. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a navy combat photography unit accompanied the first wave of...
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 from image. Photograph of Gertrude Moore in a moose calf drawn buggy with Ben Moore standing at the far right. Caption reads: "Ben Moore's Moose in harness, Skaguay. Alaska. Gertrude in buggy. Ready for the start J.B. Moore at right."...
Title from caption: "No. 1 above Discovery Cleary Creek, Alaska, Fairbanks mining dist." Written on front of postcard, " Showing mode of dumping the buckets of gravel which is taken out of ground. Sluice boxes on troughs are laid at side of...
(5:17 min) (01 of 25) Start in Alaska shipping Alaska Steamship Company; California -- moved from; trucking business; Vancouver, British Columbia; vacation ; fishing boat; June -- 1948; Prince Rupert Island; Ketchikan; employment; salmon --...
(4:43 min.) (08 of 27) Start of contracting
First job was building the bridge between Illinois St. and College Road over Noyes Slough. Lots of paperwork, everything was an emergency since there was no experience with how to do the simplest...
(5:52 min) (17 of 19) Business continues to grow Bought out Mr. Goes and Mr. Pearl. Bought out the bus service to the University. In 1931, took over Ravell Brothers and ran freight between Valdez and Fairbanks. Fall of 1931, bought a...
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
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...