A movie camera on a tripod is set up on the ice in the foreground, while a whaling crew looks into the water at a whale carcass prior to hauling it out and butchering it. A small wooden whaling boat is visible in the water. Photograph taken during...
Bidarka rests on frame with tripod legs above lush beach grass; a home on hillside behind; from an album of photographs taken during a reconnaissance trip to Alaska with Ira Gabrielson, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service
Caption: After a nose first crash during Wiley Post's round the world solo flight the Winnie Mae has been set upright and is ready to be repaired. The miners of Flat, Alaska, are taking apart the tripod that helped to set the airplane upright.
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over.
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over. The Winnie...
Family of five in traditional dress; the man at far left wears mocassins and holds a lance decorated with feathers; the young boy holds a bow and arrow; the woman and girl wear beaded shawls, belts and necklaces; in foreground is a tripod for...
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
Photograph of the crash of the Winnie Mae in Flat, Alaska. Caption: Wiley Post, during the first round the world solo flight, crashed during a landing at Flat, Alaska. In this photo miners from Flat set up a tripod wench to lift the plane.
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 by indexer. Four men and two women dressed for hiking, with a dog and tripod; hills in the background. A pair of boots stands next to the tripod.