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1933 Homesteader Henry "Hank" Johnson's Last Gustavus, Alaska Photo.
- Date: 1979
- Description: Photo by wife Marge Johnson for a very specific purpose. 46 years earlier, Hank was standing this exact spot proudly displaying a bounty eagle. Original cabin wall just out of range in 1933 photo. Timber removed in background. Hank had been ill & left Gustavus final time just months after.
- Source: Henry "Hank" Johnson
- Collection: Don Bryant
- Reference#: 20274
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Henry "Hank" Johnson Posing With Eagle For Bounty. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1933
- Description: Rink Creek homesteader "Hank" Johnson seen in photo displaying young eagle caught in salmon baited trap on top of pole. Most Gustavus homesteaders participated in the Alaskan Bounty Law program (first enacted 1917) supplementing much needed income. Click for more.
- Source: Henry "Hank" Johnson
- Collection: Don Bryant
- Reference#: 20273
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Three Friends Get Together For Fun & Socialization. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1971 (Estimate)
- Description: Marge Johnson, middle, (married to early homesteader "Hank" Johnson) with two pinochle friends. Jesse Buoy (Lt.) arrived with family 1955 & took up Sam Buoy's old homestead. Ann Youmans (Rt.) along with husband Ken came in association with a job at Glacier Bay National Park.
- Source: Marge Johnson
- Collection: Don Bryant
- Reference#: 20271
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"Hank" Johnson's Firewood Log Sawing Machine. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1937 (Estimate)
- Description: Photo taken by Henry "Hank" Johnson gathering firewood supply for Rink Creek homestead with production machine. 2" by 8" handled frame could be picked up & moved like wheelbarrow. As seen near ground, 8" wide saw blade has almost cut through 2' diameter log. Click for more.
- Source: Henry "Hank" Johnson
- Collection: Don Bryant
- Reference#: 20270
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"Hank" Johnson's 1972 Renovation Of 1933 Rink Creek Cabin.
- Date: 1972
- Description: Henry "Hank" Johnson and brother Carl built original 12' by 16' cabin c. 1933. In 1972 Hank, together with new wife Marge & her son, Don Bryant, renovated the original upon return to Gustavus & resided there until 1978. Hank took ill & died the next year. Barrel is SE corner. Click for more.
- Source: Henry "Hank" Johnson
- Collection: Don Bryant
- Reference#: 20269
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Strawberry Point Pioneer Ernie Swanson & Wife Ruth. Elfin Cove, Alaska.
- Date: N/A
- Description: Ernie Swanson came to "The Flats" about 1915. He helped Taggarts, Davis', and Henrys' plant & harvest rutabagas and built "Swanson's Place" east side of Salmon River. He decided farming was not for him, moved & founded Elfin Cove. White's renamed his cabin the "Bear's Nest" in 1925.
- Source: Ernie Swanson
- Collection: Al Bixby
- Reference#: 20268
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Brothers Leslie & Charles Parker In Front Of "Charlie's" Homestead.
- Date: 1928 (Estimate)
- Description: Homesteaders & brothers Leslie "Les" & Charles "Charlie" Parker in everyday Gustavus, Alaska "scruff" (working clothes & untrimmed beards). Seen in front of Charlie's white painted house on east side Salmon River and south of Salmon River bridge along "Charlie's River" (slough).
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20267
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Homesteader Glen Parker On Fordson Tractor. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1930 - 1939
- Description: At work in Gustavus, Alaska, Glen Parker on Parker Fordson tractor at May & Bill White's homestead between back of house and garage. Model A car bought for Edith A. Parker (who never learned to drive) seen stored in out building. Wheels from this car still exists in Gustavus today.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20266
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Archie Chase Working Overhead Lines. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 12/1976
- Description: Homesteader Archie Chase (known for pipe in mouth) at work on overhead lines maneuvering equipment believed to be powerline project running from CAA airport location to the long range radio towers in Gustavus, Alaska.
- Source: Archie & May (White) Chase
- Collection: Dave & JoAnn Lesh
- Reference#: 20262
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Missionary Mrs. Wade With Nell Crowell Visiting Southeast Alaska.
- Date: 1937
- Description: Mrs. Wade organized and recruited helpers to visit and hold meetings in Southeast Alaska. Nell Crowell (who married Glen Parker in first Gustavus wedding 1938) answered the call at age 23 and traveled from California with Mrs. Wade to Excursion Inlet and then to Gustavus, Alaska.
- Source: Glen & Nell Parker
- Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
- Reference#: 20261
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Early Pioneers On New Schoolhouse Steps. Strawberry Point, Alaska.
- Date: 1928
- Description: Group of Strawberry Point, Alaska settlers and their children showing off their newly built schoolhouse located just west and north of the Salmon River Bridge. Click on photo for identifications.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20259
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Homesteader Glen Parker Hauling Firewood. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1930 - 1939
- Description: Gustavus homesteader Glen Parker taking a moment of respite on his Fordson tractor while gathering firewood with his father's (Abraham Lincoln Parker) wood spoked farm wagon on the flats in Gustavus, Alaska.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20258
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Homesteader Leslie Parker Prospecting. Strawberry Point, Alaska.
- Date: 1920 - 1929
- Description: Strawberry Point homesteader Leslie "Les" Parker scouting gold prospects in northern regions of Salmon River with gold pan & supplies on wide leather belt and ever present bear protection across shoulders.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20257
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Captain Bob Kafader With Navigator Standing By His U. S. Airforce Plane.
- Date: 1955 (Estimate)
- Description: Capt. Bob Emory Kafader (Lt.) joined Airforce in 1940 & was stationed in Japan before Nov. 23, 1957 crash which took his life deep in the woods of Gustavus, Alaska. Navigator (Rt.) unidentified. Navigator and plane were NOT involved in the accident that tragically claimed the Captain.
- Source: Capt. Bob Kafader
- Collection: Madeleine Pavel & Robert Kafader
- Reference#: 20256
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Captain Bob Emory Kafader; Died In 1957 Gustavus, Alaska Plane Crash.
- Date: 1952
- Description: Portrait photo in uniform of Capt. Kafader taken 5 years before piloting the National Guard twin engine Douglas C-47 "Gooney Bird" aircraft which crashed in a snowstorm. 4 crew members died. 7 passengers survived. Bulk of badly damaged aircraft remains today. Click for more.
- Source: Capt. Bob Kafader
- Collection: Madeleine Pavel & Robert Kafader
- Reference#: 20255
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Joseph P. Ibach Prospecting Near Reid Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 1950 - 1959
- Description: Prospector Joe Ibach seen on mountain near Reid Inlet in search of gold. Joe had numerous claims and several working mines in Glacier Bay and was reported to never take a step without scouting the rocks and terrain for any signs of precious minerals. Joe & Muz lived on Lemesurier Is.
- Source: John C. Reed
- Collection: NPS
- Reference#: 20248
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Gustavus, Alaska Homesteaders & Children In Front Of Schoolhouse.
- Date: 1932
- Description: Group of early Gustavus settlers posing in front of schoolhouse. Teacher Ruth Matson likely took photo. Ruth and Fred Matson would soon leave for their next SE Alaska teaching position. Click for identifications.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20246
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Homesteader's Children Farming In Fields Of Strawberry Point, Alaska.
- Date: 1924
- Description: Charles (5), Henrietta (6), Gloria White (3) watching Uncles Glen (16) (Lt.) & Bert "Bertie" Parker (22)(Rt.) load shifts of oats onto Abraham Parker's horse drawn wagon. The White children arrived in 1922 & lived in "The Tumbledown Shack" by Good River at time of this photo.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20245
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Leslie Parker's Truck Full Of Hay & Riders On Beach. Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1937
- Description: Leslie Parker gathering "hay" for horses and cattle in bed of his truck on Gustavus beach close to present day dock. Homeshore and east tip Pleasant Island seen in distance. Click on photo for identifications.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20244
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Leslie Parker's Tractor & Wagon With "Farmers". Gustavus, Alaska.
- Date: 1937
- Description: Summer photo of Harry Hall's brother Jake Hall (standing Lt.) and children taken by Leslie "Les" Parker gathering hay from the fields on "The Flats". Les Parker's tractor & wagon. Older children "pitched in" while younger children went along for the ride. Click on photo for identifications.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20243
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