Verso: "Capt. Street, returning from Nome, 5 hours 50 minutes flying . . ." Part of the New York to Nome Alaskan Flying Expedition, which used DH-4 de Havilland biplanes, under command of Capt. St. Clair Streett
Verso: Award of $1,000 defense bond is here being presented by Sen. Ernest Gruening to 14-yr. old Grant B. Walt[h]er, Anchorage high school student, as 1st prize in a national science contest. Grant's father, Harold V. Walther (Left) was present,...
Verso: Bob Harwood, city council member of Nome (second from left) delivers address at dedication ceremonies of the Federal Aviation Agency's Flight Service Station, held last Saturday in Nome, as a feature of this year's Midnight Sun Festival. He...
Verso: Mr. Eugene Farland operates the Air Ground Console in the new Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station, at Nome, which was dedicated last Saturday. This was a feature of the Midnight Sun Festival. Among those who visited the new...
Verso: Thomas Moffitt, Matanuska Valley dairy farmer, left, becomes Alaska's first borrower as the Federal Land Bank of Spokane inaugurates its credit service in the 49th state. Here Moffitt receives the bank's draft from J. J. Hurley of Palmer,...
Verso: Thomas Moffitt, Matanuska Vally dairy farmer, left, becomes Alaska's first borrower as the Federal Land Bank of Spokane inaugurates its credit service in the 49th state. Here Moffitt receives the bank's draft from J. J. Hurley of Palmer,...
View of a building damage in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. People are walking down the sidewalk, looking at the building. A truck parked on the right side of the image has a license plate which reads, partially, U.S....
View of a destroyed building in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Wood crates in foreground hold boxes with labels that are mostly obscured. Some read Friskies Dog Food, Fleichman's Yeast. A man stands amid the rubble. Truck in...
View of a group of people boarding an airplane somewhere in Southcentral Alaska, tentatively in Cordova, Alaska, after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Airline name reads Cordova Airlin(es). Two cars on left have signs on roof which read Taxi. A...
View of a house being moved in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Truck on left has a sign on the door which reads Modern Movers Inc. Image includes women, children, and a man on a motorcycle, left.
View of a man in hipwaders pulling a boat through knee-deep flood water in Fairbanks, Alaska. Three people are standing in the boat which is loaded with stacks of boxes. A woman is walking behind the boat holding the motor out of the water. 1967....
View of a man standing on flooded boardwalk in front of house which is flooded up to the doorway after March 27, 1964 earthquake, Seldovia, Alaska. From verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society." March 1964? Photographer: U.S. Army....
View of a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes a bus, which reads Alaska Highway Tours Inc along the top. On the top, front of the bus is the word Anchorage. Women and men are seen thoughout the...
View of a vacant lot in downtown Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes men, a bulldozer, a fence, cars, and a sign on a storefront which reads, partially - ((K)oslowsky's Store Men.
View of buildings on fire during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire in Seward, Alaska, which destroyed at least 16 businesses in the downtown area. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 7/8".
View of coastline of Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, near White Alice Communications site at Northeast Cape Air Force Station. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system...
View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes men, women, buildings, a crane, and a number of stores. Anchorage Westward Hotel is the tall building in the center of the image. Banner over the...
View of damage to the land and houses in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes an automobile, fences, and a stairway, which is dislodged.
View of First Avenue Ruby, Alaska 1912. Businesses that are identifiable starting on the left and going down the street: The Fraction which appears to be a dry goods store or a liquor store, The Cascade Laundry and Baths; Bloom's?, a lunch...