Alaska Road Commission

Cookman Collection

August 31, 1930

This image shows a section of the road at mile 5.5 that has not yet been capped with a gravel running surface and exhibits deep ruts from vehicles driving over the soft native soil. Heavy spruce forest is on both sides of the road in foreground. An open muskeg is seen in the middle ground through the gap in the foreground trees. The gravel running surface on the road is seen to end in the muskeg area. Small patches of ice appear to occupy some of the foreground ruts. Enlargement of the image appears to reveal a man sitting above the road at left.

Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

Black & White Paper Print--3-1/2" x 5-3/4""

Road-35DB#6x-Coo