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[United States Army Air Forces photograph album of Alaska and Western Canada during World War II]U.S. Army Air Forces Aerial Photographic Section
Abstract:
Photograph album documenting activities pertaining to the Aerial Photographic Section of the U.S. Army Air Forces stationed
in Alaska and Western Canada during the second World War. Album includes professional photographs, personal snapshots and
commercial photographic postcards. Wide range of subject matter includes on-duty and leisure activities of soldiers; individual
and group portraits of service members; various points of interest along the newly-constructed Alaska Highway (then known
as the Alaska-Canada Highway, or Alcan Highway); various U.S.A.A.F. planes, airfields and bases; a U.S.O. show; and scenes
of various indigenous peoples of Alaska. Commercial postcards depict tourist attractions (cities and towns, landscapes, wildlife,
sled dogs, etc.) throughout Alaska and Western Canada and indigenous peoples of the region. Also includes photographs taken
at Randolph Field, Texas. Album contains no aerial photography. Possibly compiled by Bruce B. Nichols, who appears throughout
the album.
Date:
1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ak -- n-cnp-- -- n-cn-bcWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Photographs
World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Photographs
Soldiers -- United States -- Photographs
Airplanes, Military -- United States -- Photographs
Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Photographs
Airplanes, Military
Indians of North America
Soldiers
Alaska -- Photographs
Canada, Western -- Photographs
Alaska Highway -- Photographs
Alaska
Canada
North America -- Alaska Highway
United States
Western Canada
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Photographs
United States. -- Army Air Forces.
Note:
Title devised by cataloger. Printed on front cover: "U.S. Army Air Forces Aerial Photographic Section".
Numerous photographers. Compiler uncertain.
Some photographs include printed or hand-written descriptive captions.
Purchase from Zephyr Used & Rare Books ; 2022.
United States Army Air Forces photograph album of Alaska and Western Canada during World War II, BANC PIC 2022.101, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Postcards.
Photograph albums.
Postcards.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 500 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; prints various sizes, album 31 x 35 cm
Language:
English