8x10 photo. Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Joe Amarok, Eskimo leader from Nome, Alaska sprinkled water from the Bering Sea on the nose of the Clipper North Wind, first of Pan American World Airways scheduled DC-4s to arrive...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
Title from cataloger's notes. Also from notes: "Pictured left to right - Al Jones - Brother-in-law to Lee Loomis, Clarence C. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Ray H. Loomis - son of Lee Loomis, Lee B. Loomis, Lucile Loomis - daughter of Lee Loomis,...
Title from caption. Image shows a ditch used to transport water to a mining location. Eureka was a mining settlement established south of Rampart between the Yukon and Tanana Rivers. A telegraph station called "Glenn" was installed here in...
Title from caption. Image shows a ditch used to transport water to a mining location. Eureka was a mining settlement established south of Rampart between the Yukon and Tanana Rivers. A telegraph station called "Glenn" was installed here in...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "Galena, Alaska. $10. #30." Image shows a man in a flight suit posing in front of a C-113 cargo plane. Gas cans and other gear are loaded in a large sled by his feet. Cargo doors to the plane are...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads" :$7. #30. Galena, AK. AFB. 1955." Image shows a large jet plane parked on the runway in front of a hangar at the Galena Air Force Base. A flight control tower is visible beside the hangar on the...
Title from caption and verso. Image shows a large C-124 military cargo plane landing at the Galena Air Force Base. A dirt road and airstrip beacon are visible on the left side of the image.
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: $4.50. #30. Galena, Alaska. 1955." Image shows a DC-3 airplane parked at the Galena Air Force Base. The words "Arctic Liner. Fort Yukon" are visible on the outside of the plane below the...
Title from caption. Verso reads: "4-. 30. Galena, AK. 1955." Image shows an airman in a flight suit posing in front of a C-113 cargo plane. Gas cans and other gear are loaded in a large boat by his feet. Cargo doors to the plane are open...
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "C-124" Verso reads: "$4.50. #30. Galena, Alaska. A.F.B. 1955." Image shows a large cargo plane with the words "U.S. Air Force" visible on the side at the Galena Air Force Base. A building and...
"And the last one here, number 15. Yea that was that borrowed DC-3, it was destined for Pan American's China facility, China National Airline, but we had use of it to operate a few trips over through British Columbia to prove it was...
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...
Several Native Alaskans are sitting on the beach among the remains of the Airship Norge after much of the dirigible was dismantled for transport back to Europe.