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Slim and the old Indian chief, 60 miles east of Big Delta.
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Collection Name
Slim Williams Papers
Identifier
UAF-2007-59-21
Title
Slim
and the
old
Indian
chief
,
60
miles
east
of
Big
Delta
.
Description
Title
taken
from
verso
.
Full
verso
reads
: "
Slim
and the
old
Indian
chief
, as
we
paid
an
unannounced
visit
to this
fading
tribe
some
sixty
miles
east
of
Big
Delta
,
Alaska
.
May
1939.
"
Slim
Williams
was a
musher
,
trapper
,
mail
carrier
, and
adventurer
who
came
to
Alaska
during
the
Klondyke
Gold
Rush
. In
1933
,
Williams
made
a
well-publicized
mushing
trip
from
Fairbanks
,
Alaska
to
Washington
D.C
. to
prove
the
feasibility
of a
road
linking
Alaska
to the
contiguous
United
States
. In
1939
, he
repeated
the
journey
on
motorcycles
with
travel
companion
John
Logan
. A
road
was
later
built
during
WWII
as the
Al-can
Highway
.
Image
shows
Williams
standing
with an
Athabascan
chief
at
Healy
Lake
,
posing
for a
photograph
.
Log
cabins
and a
cache
are
visible
in the
background
.
See
related
video
clip
AAF-5216
for
more
views
of the
Healy
Lake
visit
.
Subject.TGM
Men
Older people
Beards
Travel
Expeditions & surveys
Villages
Indigenous peoples
Log cabins
Log buildings
Tribal chiefs
Subject.Local
Alaska Natives--Interior Alaska--Athabascan
Caches
Personal Name
Williams, Slim, b. 1881 or 2
Location
Healy Lake (Alaska)
Region
Interior Alaska
Time Period
1913 to 1939
1939 to 1959
Date
1939
Type
Image (Photographs)
Image (Group portraits)
Relation
Healy
River
,
AAF-5216
:
http://vilda.alaska.edu/u?/cdmg11,7175
Ordering & Use
For information on ordering and using this material:
http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.;
mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu
--(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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