Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: GOODMAN, Robert B.
Event Date: ca. 1939-45
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.112743

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: elk / 1 [circled];handwritten: RAF’er In Alaska; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / ROBERT B. GOODMAN / from BLACK STAR; handwritten: M / 1 / 8 22; typed label: 1- During the classroom sections much time was devoted to coffee/ breaks. A “sourdough” being an oldtime Alaskan as opposed to a / “chechako” or “tenderfoot.” Anglo-American relations not withstanding, / Cropper was a self-admitted Chechako.

Tagasauris Keywords: 3 people; Face; Head and shoulders; Male; Male; Mid adult; Person; Unrest, conflicts and war; World War II; World War II
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII / ALASKA-AIR FORCE BASE
Retouching: N