Henry S. Kaiser, Sr., photographs, 1920s-1947.

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Henry S. Kaiser, Sr., photographs, 1920s-1947.

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The Harry S. Kaiser, Sr., Photographs consist of 82 images of Nenana, Fairbanks, and various Yukon River villages in Alaska. Images include streetscapes, waterfronts, people, buildings, the interiors of several radio stations, and the Nenana, Alaska, flood of 1947.

0.35 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7515194

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Kaiser, Henry S., 1890-1949.

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Henry S. Kaiser (1890-1949), born in Seneca, Kansas, came to Alaska in 1912 as a soldier in the U.S. Signal Corps. He was a telegraph and wireless operator, lineman, and electrician, and installed many of the early Alaskan wireless stations. He eventually settled in Nenana, Alaska, where he owned the local power plant. First elected mayor of Nenana in 1937, he served several terms in that position. He died of a heart attack in January 1949 while helping to fight a fire that threatened the Nenana...