(3:59 min.) (10 of 12) Clean-up and next day Remaining Japanese ran into a draw--Engineer company sent in to kill the 26 or so--next day same thing happened again with--same results--only 30-40 left after that--Capt. Siddens charge--Two men...
(5:15 min.) (05 of 27) Alaska Road Commission
Alaska Road Commission -- access in Alaska authority of U. S. Army. Started with authority to create WAMCATS. Three Army officers were to maintain building roads and trails, almost no...
(3:06 min) (04 of 17) Flying business
June '47 bought an airplane and started work mostly near Aniak, Fairbanks, Circle, Fort Yukon wound up in Central. Went to Globe Arizona in the winters to take classes in air mechanic and everything...
(3:46 min) (19 of 19) Travel agency Started the first tour agency with Chuck West; called it the Arctic Alaska Travel Agency located in the Co-Op. Paul rented the travel agency's space from Cap Lathrop. He also opened an office in...
(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...
(3:33 min.) (13 of 24) 13 Hiring and the unions
Unions started up in earnest in 1935 or 1936. Sometimes you had to work around the union to get who you wanted for your crew. The stewards' crew didn't have much time when they were in port,...
(6:52 min.) (17 of 24) 17 Purser's job vs. Steward's job. Union strikes
Purser dealt more with freight. The strikes happened, and the crew started making more money. "We didn't even know what overtime was." The price of everything went up...
01 Began flying (2:43 min.) (01 of 09) On her way to school she was able to see airplanes taking off from the local airport. She thought that was what she wanted to do with her life. She saved up the $125.00 but the flight school closed...
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
(5:01 min.) (22 of 28) 22. Flying in western Alaska
George still needed his multi-engine rating, couldn't borrow the company plane. So he quit Pan Am and started flying along the Kuskokwim for Northern Consolidated. Towns in the western...
(3:36 min.) (23 of 28) 23. DC-3 aircraft
George and Merrill Wien got a Stinson ready for instrument flight. George loaded up the family and flew to New York. He started training with the DC-3.
Title from verso. Panoramic photograph of six men standing on a lake shore near an oil prospecting camp. Full caption from verso reads: "Prospecting for oil in Katalla. This is the Cudahy Company's oil outfit on the shores of Bering...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from caption. "9209 -- (24) After passing Sheep Camp the Yukoner of 1898 proceeded up the trail on his journey toward the pass. A group of these gold seekers are represented in the foreground of this view, while a procession of...
Title taken from caption. "Mail and freight on the Valdez summit Fairbanks-Valdez trail." Copyright by A.J. Johnson. Publsihed by Johnson and Hall's Book Store. Cataloguer's note: This is a picturesque view of the mountains in the distance...
Title taken from caption. "Copyright, 1897, By Keppler & Schwarzmann J. Ottmann Lith. [Lithography] Co. Puck Building New York". This color cartoon drawing/poster captures a large man towering over a mining site while digging and seemingly...
Caption on photograph: To E. L. "Bob" Bartlett, a true Alaska pioneer, sincere best regards, Noel Wien. Verso: July 1924, from left: James Rodebough, owner of the two planes. Eddie Hudson, Fairbanks born son, taking flying lessons & pilot Noel...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Burial of Chief David of Tetlin May 17th, 1919". [From the Archdeacon Drane's (travel) journal: "Just after the death of the benevolent and much loved Chief David, the men and women of the village...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Title taken from donor's caption. "Julia and George try a ride on 'Deacon' at McCarthy Creek. For the first time in dawned on me that I faced a real problem in getting my young wife and child out over a rough 190 mile trail, crossing several...