Hughes & Huslia: Images

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image thumbnail Brothers together in Hughes, Alaska. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Lindbergh Bergman, Johnson Moses, Abraham Oldman, Edward Bergman, Ceza Bergman, and Billy Bergman. Taken in Hughes in 1954 by Mrs. Les James. All real brothers with their parents. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Ceza and Billy Bergman in Hughes. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Ceza and Billy Bergman in Hughes. Joe Beetus' house is in the background. Probably taken in the early 1950's during April Carnival in Hughes by Mrs. Les James. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Howard Hughes at Weeks Field in Fairbanks 53 second film clip, color/silent. Clip shows Howard Hughes at Weeks Field in Fairbanks during his record setting around-the-world flight, July 13, 1938. Scenes include a ground crew checking the plane and loading supplies. C. W. Wagner Film Collection; Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks;
image thumbnail Studio portrait: Charles W. Fairbanks. Title by cataloger. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a popular political figure of his time. He is seen here seated and wearing a dark suit, white round collar and a distinct polka-dotted bow tie. He has a receding hairline and a goatee. Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852 - 1918) was a Senator from Indiana and the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1896, and reelected in 1902. He was elected Vice President in 1904 on the Republican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt and served until 1909. In 1916, Fairbanks went on to win the nomination for Vice President under Charles Evans Hughes. A few months later, both Fairbanks and Hughes lost a close election to Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall. He returned to his home state of Indiana and continued to practice law until his death in June 1918. Information was obtained from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774- 1989. Senate document No.100-34. Washington: Government Printing Office. Charles W. Fairbanks Collection
image thumbnail Sidney at rest in his sled as he moves to the next trap. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Spring play day at the school. A shaggy track meet which drew everyone in the vicinity. A great day of fun for onlookers as well as participants. Bea Kahl standing at the right. People are sitting on the steps of the teacherage.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Jossilin Olin doing the long jump; teacherage in background. The woman in the red jacket is Harriet Amundson who was the third teacher in the system with Kahl's (two years) and Morgan's (one year).Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Town cleanup day organized in the spring by the Kahls. The house in the background was owned by Steven and Catherine Attla. Dogs were a very important part of the town economy. Huslia's racers, starting with Jimmy Huntington became a real force in Alaska dog racing both in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Fishing for dog food in the summer was a serious business with the families and they moved out of town to fish camp when the fish were running. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Dogs being lined up for loading into Cessna mail plane. According to Mrs. Keller, transporting the dogs was a first step to the North American dog race Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail George Attla Jr. with dogs and sleds piled in Wien's Pilatus Porter aircraft. Madeline Attla, his sister, sits in front of him. She was on her way to Hughes to be married to Bill Williams Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail A racer, Bergman Sam I think, finished during the Huslia New Year's race. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail A frosty George Attla Jr. having just finished the Huslia race. It was so cold we had to place our cameras inside our jackets.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Cue Bifelt with his trophy after winning in Anchorage. He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Richard Derendoff with a load of winter wood. Dogs were very utilitarian and necessary as well as used in racing. Within a few years snowmobiles replaced dogs for many people as working vehicles.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Sidney and Carl Huntington "parked" at a beaver set. Sidney is digging and chopping down to the set itself. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Having retrieved a set with beaver, Sidney removed his gloves to work on retrieving beaver. The parka Sidney is wearing was made for him by his wife, Angela, from wolf skins he had acquired in a poker game with several white wolf hunters who were weathered in at Huslia.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Sidney "wipes" the beaver in the snow to clear ice and water from the pelt. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Inside, Angela Huntington cooks dinner for the family over another woodstove. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Betty, Agnes and Roger Huntington at the camp doing chores, i.e., cutting wood for cooking. The warm dog food will be cooked on the outdoor Yukon woodstove. Note the half log house below and the canvas above that was home for beaver season.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Unloading the trap of its catch which will be cooked up for dog food back at the beaver camp. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail A good view of the blackfish trap as it was removed from the hole. You could clearly see the piece of canvas which had been turned back from its covering place over the trap.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Sidney retrieving a blackfish trap. The homemade traps were placed in lakes.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Sidney clowning with a good sized beaver. Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller. Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
image thumbnail Crosson Family Papers (Part 3, 1007-1206) This collection primarily covers the activities of Joe Crosson’s flying career in Alaska and the Arctic from 1926 through 1949. Photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles chronicle the transition in Alaska from ground to air transportation as well as historic flights in Alaska and Antarctica. There are also photographs and news clippings of his sister Marvel’s flying career as well as photographs and papers of his wife Lillian from her time as a student at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. Crosson Family Papers
image thumbnail Graduates of the electronic technician pilot class Caption attached to this photograph relates: Graduates of the electronic technician pilot class undertaken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs are greeted by Senator E. Gruening at RCA Headquarters in Anchorage. The class has just returned from RCA Institutes in New York and will commence employment on the White Alice System. Left to right: Morgan Aukongak, Nome; Russell Atwood, Ketchikan; Percy Ipalook Jr., Kotzebue; Herman Kitka, Sitka; Sam Kito, Petersburg; Harry Kito, Petersburg; Senator Ernest Gruening; Jim Williams, RCA Instructor; F. D. Chiei, Jr.; Project Manager, RCA; Colonel Harold Hughes, Commander, Alaska Communications Region. Ernest H. Gruening Papers, 1914-[1959-1969] 1974

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