View of destruction to buildings along Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Large building near center is the Anchorage Westward Hotel. Signs on the far left, above the man's head,are mostly obscured. One does...
View of the abandoned Kennecott Copper Corporation operation at Kennicott, Alaska. The concentration mill is visible on the skyline. From caption: "And here is the mine building---looking almost like a castle the way it sits on the crest of a hill...
Tourists look at the aerial tramway used to transport copper ore between the mines and the mining operation at Kennecott Copper Mine in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "This tramway, located at the back of the mine building, extends way back into...
View of a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes a bus, which reads Alaska Highway Tours Inc along the top. On the top, front of the bus is the word Anchorage. Women and men are seen thoughout the...
View of a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes a bus and a group of women and men standing on the street. The side of the bus reads Alaska Highway Tours Inc. Some of the people carry cameras. House...
View of a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Damaged houses and a bus appear. Writing on the side of the bus reads Alaska Highway Tours Inc. People appear in one of the damaged houses on the right.
View of a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Houses appear damaged or destroyed. A bus is parked in the street. The sign on the side reads Alaska Highway Tours Inc. Three people are looking at a damaged house on...
Interior of the bar in McCarthy, Alaska, where a bartender pours drinks for the tourists standing at the bar. A Great Northern Railway calendar is visible on the far wall. From caption: "Just a shot of the old bar where we had a beer before supper....
A group of Cordova Airlines passengers gets into jeeps at the May Creek Airfield, prior to exploring McCarthy, Alaska and the Kennecott Copper Mine operations in Kennicott. From caption: "This is our cavalcade of tourists at the May Creek airfield...
(4:39 min.) (02 of 28) 2. Early years -- parental influences Father flew in World War I [WWI] and after war, he bought Navy surplus flying boat and flew on the weekends. His mother also got interested in aviation and they flew weekend tours...
Title taken from caption. "9282 -- (32) It frequently happens that two men, partners, will wander a considerable distance from any settlement and construct their cabin in the primitive wilds of Alaska. From this center they revolve in their...
Title by indexer. A man wearing a white parka (bearing the words "Wien Arctic Tours") looks at brochures. The walls and tables are covered with promotional posters and or brochures of Alaska; many of the pictures show fishing scenes. A Wien...
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...
Three cars are lined up outside a house in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. Wilma Knox is examining the third car, a jeep. The middle car was President Warren G. Harding's touring car when he visited Valdez, Alaska. From caption: "The car in the...
Title by indexer. A man wearing traditional Alaskan Native parka with the patch reading "Wien Arctic Tours". He is holding up a large Wien Consolidated poster reading: "Join the midnight sun set in Alaska. Wien Consolidated. Alaska's first...
View of men on a tour aboard Riverboat Discovery Tour at Fairbanks, Alaska. Sign on boat reads: "Welcome aboard the goodship ... Discovery." 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".