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...
Photograph of Klondike Kate. Attached caption reads: "We wore tights in those day. If we hadn't the Mounted Police would have run us out of the country."
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Lucy Theodore outside wearing a parka. Narrative in album reads: "At the right is Mrs. Lucy Theodore wearing her choice reindeer parka. These came from the western coast and are much prized by the Indian...
Four men are standing on the ice, three of them are on ice skates. Identified are left to right: Arthur James, Arthur Crookitshine and Joe Peter, the fourth man is not identified.
Title by indexer. Photograph of Harry Coffey wearing a fur parka while standing on the snow on the campus of the Alaska Agricultural college and School of Mines.
View of Marie Silverman wearing a long dress and hat standing in an office in front of a row of file cabinets. Framed paintings on the wall in the background depict husky puppies and an Alaska Native with a kayak.
A man sits for a photograph in front of a wooden building in southcentral Alaska. He is wearing a hat, neckware and a vest, and has a beard. Photograph taken during the 1898 Edwin F. Glenn Cook Inlet U.S. Army Expedition. Cyanotype.
A man sits for a portrait. He is wearing a hat and tie, and has a mustache. Photograph taken during the 1898 Edwin F. Glenn Cook Inlet U.S. Army Expedition. Cyanotype.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of one of the Unalaska residents. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
This color slide depicts an unidentified Alaska Native man in either Kotzebue or Barrow, Alaska, wearing a blue parka with a fur-trimmed hood. The photographer is unidentified.
Title taken from verso. School class portrait of 11 students in fur or fur-lined parkas. From verso: "Fourth Grade wearing parkas - Eskimo School - White Mountain, Alaska. April, 1924."
Title supplied by cataloger. Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Mackey crouches in snow. Probably in Nome. Slide printed 5/1983. Slide box labeled, 'Mushers.' Original format: 35mm color slide