Title from caption. Photograph of a king salmon weighing 45 lbs., hung from a fish drying rack. Cut fish are drying behind the king. Narrative in the photo album reads: "At the left is a king salmon weighing fourty-five pounds. Some have...
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 image caption Steamboat RELIANCE stops along bank of Iditarod River to take on wood; men carry wood on board, while passengers watch from upper deck Photographer's number 865
From 1932 until 1941, when she was transferred to the Coast Guard, the NORTH STAR, sturdy service vessel of Office of Indian Affairs, sailed from Seattle to points north, making 50 stops on the outbound journey to Barrow and also stopping in St....
The Alaska ferry, Wickersham, was purchased by the State of Alaska from the Swedish Stena Line for $6,960,000.00 in April, 1968, having only been built and in service for 6 months. Originally named M.V. Stena Brittanica, the ferry left Gothenberg,...
Title from caption. "Bubble gum for the Eskimo children, as an NCA [Northern Consolidated Airlines Inc.] bush pilot, Jimmy Hoffman, takes time out on one of his mail stops at the village of Eek, on the mighty Kuskokwim river (NCA photo by Ward...
07 Followed the lend-lease path (6:32 min.) (07 of 09)
Back then you had to check in with customs every time you stopped. Margaret met up with two others bound for Alaska (Major Ware and Joe Barber), and they figured to save money by taking the...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of the Sternwheeler Whitehorse from homeport of Victoria, BC, Canada. Narrative in album states: "This steamboat, the 'White Horse,' carried us from White Horse, Yukon Territory, to Dawson City on the upper...
Title from caption. Photograph of the sternwheeler Yukon as the crew picks up ice. Narrative in photo album reads: "Our boat the Yukon stops to pick up river ice, June 21st, to make ice cream for dinner."