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...
Title from image. Photograph of men loading wood onto a sledge for loading on a stern wheeler. Narrative in photo album read: "Some boats used oil for fuel, but most of smaller ones used 4 ft. cord wood."
Title from caption. Photograph of two steamboats, one larger than the other. Narrative in photo album reads: "Large and small steamboats on the Yukon River. Some used oil for fuel, while others used cord wood cut by natives on contract to the...
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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Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Equipment used for seismic exploration on Alaska's North Slope in 1969 includes a shot hole drill, at left foreground, and a Nodwell tracked vehicle at center. At right in one of the portable...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Giant cranes, used to unload cargo at ARCO's East Dock at Prudhoe Bay, stand like sentinels during the long, cold winter of 1969-70."
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from caption. "Berry holding Company in 1933 or 34. Tony the hard working Swede fixing and setting up the giant on the hillside. Steam boiler was used for bradly scraper to scrape the tailing four ft wood was used. Tony and I were...
Water serves a variety of purposes in placer mining operations. Primarily, it is used to separate the valuable from the gangue material. Water is also used for the following associated operations; hydraulic stripping, hydraulic elevating, hydraulic...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "The American Legion Hall at Glennallen (post 27) was used for the first [time] on Good Friday, as the Emergency shelter for the citizens of Valdez, and used as one of the three mess halls...
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Album caption: "Cut-in" pole at junction of Delta loop with main line. The telegraph line between Valdez and Fairbanks carries two wires. As Delta is about 2 1/2 miles off the main line it is necessary to 'loop'...
Title taken from caption on slide. The ugruk (seal, probably bearded seal) hide is used, after drying, to make part of the traditional footwear. It is also used as a container.
Title supplied by cataloger. The Hamilton used by Eielson and Borland on their fatal flight. Side rear view of single-engine, wheel-equipped tail dragger aircraft on a snow-covered air field. Visible markings include "U.S. Mail" and "Alaskan...
Title by indexer. A large crowd is gathered at the airfield. The plane at left is marked "Detroiter" on the nose and is presumably the first tri-motor Fokker F.VIIb-3m, used by Hubert Wilkins in the Detroit Arctic Expedition. At right is a...
Title taken from caption: "Ship Star of Alaska at anchor in Chignik Bay." View of the ship "Star of Alaska" docked in Chignik Bay, Alaska. The ship started out as the "Balclutha" on January 15, 1887 under British registry, and in 1899 it...
Title taken from caption. View from the interior of an ice cave, looking at a member of the National Geographic expedition collecting water from the snow melt. In the background can be seen some of the tents used by the expedition. The pots and...