Burns photograph collection, South Central Alaska, [graphic], 1920's.

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Burns photograph collection, South Central Alaska, [graphic], 1920's.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746097601

The Burns Collection contains 148 images portraying the mining and living conditions in Alaska in 1919-1925, at Kennecott, Nizina and McCarthy. Photos include images of: pilot Noel Wien, railroads, and other Alaska transportation, homesteads, mining camps, placer mining, animals, and natural and human constructed features. There is also a personal letter dated Sept. 27, 1924, and a transmittal sheet from 1986.

1 folder (170 b&w postive prints, 1 color print, including 6 picture postcards, 13 negaticves, 1 personal letter)

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120021

Alaska State Library

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Wien, Noel

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Airline executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Noel Wien : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608456 ...

Alaska Railroad

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The Alaska Railroad began operating in 1923, under the Alaska Railroad Commission (previously the Alaskan Engineering Commission). From the description of Alaska Railroad tour lantern slide collection [graphic], 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 56507928 During World War II, the Alaska Railroad was used by the army to transport military personnel, supplies, and construction materials between Seward, Whittier, Anchorage, and Fairbanks. To facilitate these activities and to...

Burns, Elsie Wagner

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Burns, Roy F.

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Mrs. Burns and her husband lived and worked in Anchorage and McCarthy in the 1920's. From the description of Burns photograph collection, South Central Alaska, [graphic], 1920's. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 746097601 ...