Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Cataloguer's title. A close up view of an undergroud mine. Various twisted hose and pipes are seen here protruding from the walls. The photographer supplies no information but this probably shows the use of steam points to thaw the frozen muck so...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Seward from the air -- Seward's damaged waterfront buildings and rail yards lie twisted and broken in the aftermath of the Good Friday earthquake which seriously damaged this community among many others...
"HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- Heavy Damage -- Large scale damage was inflicted on the Alaska port city of Seward by the Good Friday earthquake and the tidal wave that followed shortly...
Title taken from container list. Aerial view of Seward, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes damage to railroad yard, with broken and twisted tracks, and overturned railroad cars. Storage tanks, houses and buildings are seen in...
Title taken from container list. View of twisted and damaged railroad tracks, and a bridge, near Portage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Turnagain Arm is seen on the left.
Title taken from container list. Aerial view of destruction to Seward, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Twisted railroad tracks, damaged railroad cars, and debris seen on center left. Storage tanks seen in top, middle. Other buildings...
Title taken from container list. Aerial view of destruction to Seward, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Sign on large building, lower left, reads Alaska Railroad Shop. View includes large debris field, twisted and overturned railroad...
Title taken from container list. View of twisted, damaged railroad tracks near Portage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Turnagain Arm seen on left.
Title taken from container list. View of a railroad bridge in Seward, Alaska twisted by the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Man stands on the right. Trucks are seen on the bridge. Sign on lower right reads Begin 10 MPH Speed.
Title taken from container list. View of twisted railroad tracks in Seward, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. A small railroad bridge is seen, lower right.
Close up of soil damage and damage to trees, Turnagain area, Anchorage, Alaska, after March 27, 1964 earthquake. From verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number 643. Summer 1964. Photographer: U.S. Army Corps of...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Prospectors crossing a portage near Pleasant Camp, 1898. Here and there gnarled and twisted foliage has driven its tenuous roots into the scarred face of the...
Weaver works on a basket in her lap. Displayed are other baskets, a spruce root hat, and beaded fur moccasins. Verso: This art has now nearly disappeared. Spruce roots, grasses and twisted cedar bark were used, with split spruce roots making...
This round wood mask (16 x 13 x 5 cm) has arched eyebrows stained darker than the rest of the wood. The left eyebrow curves down to become the nose, which is triangular, with two round nostrils, and slightly flaring nostril arches. The face is...
(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...