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...
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...
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...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
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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"HQ AAC -- TOSSED BY TIDAL WAVE -- A Seward, Alaska, police car lies amid the wreckage of the community, left there by tidal wave action which occurred shortly after the Good Friday earthquake, which severely damaged the...
Title from verso. Photograph of a downed Japanese warplane with a group of people analyzing the wreckage. Verso reads: "Jap [ Japanese ] plane down in the Aleutians. Aleutians Islands -- This Jap [ Japanese ] warplane is shown after it...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wing covered in snow after crash. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wreckage being pulled from snow. Men appear to be digging around a large part of a wrecked plane. Photo identification markings are visisble in bottom right hand corner appear to read, in Russian, "Foto -...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wreckage pulled from snow. There appear to be people visible in the background (left). Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the...
Title supplied by cataloger. Close-up of wreckage of an airplane. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wreckage pulled from snow. This appears to be the airplane body and wing junction, missing the front-end and prop. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7,...
Title supplied by cataloger. Float plane crash. Plane is upside down in the bushes. Man stands beside wreckage. Slide labeled, 'Joe Redington Sr.' Slide sheet labeled, 'Susan Butcher.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Joe sits next to the wreckage of an airplane and holds what appears to be a stick of dynamite, preparing to blow up wreckage. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Man in snow next to what appears to be wreckage. Two Quonset huts in background, next to a communications tower. Possibly a military base.
Title supplied by cataloger. Rescue and Reclamation. Close up of some type of aircraft or equipment, probably wreckage. Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Rescue and Reclamation. Dogs pulling wreckage strapped to logs. Slide labeled, '9.' Slide carousel labeled, 'Old Pictures To Get Done.' Original format: 35mm color slide