REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist

TITLE: Charles Gulledge Album

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2017.015

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1944-1946

Extent: 1 box; 1.5 linear feet

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Charles Gulledge; Bedford; Sylvia Sexton; Mike Roberts

Administrative/Biographical History:
Charles Graham Gulledge (1919-1995) was a resident of Morven, North Carolina. He served
with the United States Army in Anchorage from 1943 to 1945.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of one album, measuring 11.5” x 15.5”, containing 168 black-and-white
images and 8 color photomechanical postcards, most depicting life at Fort Richardson and in
Anchorage. There are also five loose photographs, one loose color postcard, and ephemera
collected during Gulledge’s tour of service.

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.


Physical Access: Original items in fair to good condition.

Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Charles Gulledge Album; Anchorage Museum, B2017.015

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by heirs in August 2017.

Processing Note
Clippings and issue of Sourdough sentinel photocopied, and originals discarded.

Notes
Many pages had broken away from the album binding prior to donation. Several photographs
had been removed from the album prior to donation.


SUBJECTS
Gulledge, Charles Graham, 1919-1995
World War, 1939-1945—Alaska
United States—Armed forces—Military life
Fort Richardson (Anchorage, Alaska)
Anchorage (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection

Album
 1 — [Gulledge wearing cold weather clothing, posed outdoors in winter, base buildings in background]
 2 — [Gulledge wearing dress uniform, posed outdoors in winter, base buildings in background]
 3 — [Gulledge wearing uniform, posed on building steps, possibly Providence Hospital]
 4 — Courthouse & P.O., Jan. 28, 1945 [Gulledge wearing uniform, posed in front of Anchorage federal building]
 5 — [Gulledge wearing uniform, posed on building steps, possibly Providence Hospital]
 6 — Hospital in Anchorage, April 29, 1945 [Gulledge wearing uniform, posed on Providence Hospital steps]
 7 — Don’t I look bad? Jan. 28, 1945 [Gulledge wearing uniform, holding camera over shoulder, posed in front of building, possibly Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
 8 — March 11, 1945 [Gulledge wearing uniform, walking down street between base housing in winter]
 9 — March 11, 1945 [Gulledge wearing uniform, posed next to building in winter. Original image blurry]
 10 — May 13, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska. The heavy fellow is Olsen and sleeps next to me [three servicemen posed outside building with sign for “Office”]
 11 — March 13, 1945. This is his preacher [man wearing civilian clothing posed outside building with sign for “Office”]
 12 — [Gulledge wearing uniform, standing in intersection of two dirt roads, houses and playground equipment in background, Government Hill?]
 13 — [Gulledge wearing uniform, sitting on Providence Hospital steps. Original image blurry]
 14 — August 26, 1945, Palmer, Alaska [man wearing civilian clothing standing in grassy area, Olsen? Cf. .10]
 15 — March 11, 1945 [two ice skaters in horse costume on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 16 — March 11, 1945 [two ice skaters in horse costume on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 17 — March 11, 1945 [two ice skaters in horse costume on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 18 — March 11, 1945 [possibly dog on ice on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 19 — March 11, 1945 [two ice skaters in horse costume on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 20 — March 11, 1945 [two ice skaters in horse costume and dog on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 21 — March 11, 1945 [female ice skater on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 22 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945 [servicemen picnicking next to pavilion, pennants hanging from line, bathers in water in background]
 23 — March 11, 1945 [female ice skater on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 24 — March 11, 1945 [ice skater on outdoor rink, spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 25 — [exterior of log building with sign “Bowling Alley”]
 26 — March 11, 1945 [spectators sitting on bleachers next to outdoor rink, base buildings in distance]
 27 — March 11, 1945 [view across ice to spectators lining fences in background, base buildings in distance]
 28 — Jan. 28, 1945, Alaska Railway yard, Anchorage, Alaska [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and Ship Creek looking north]
 29 — Jan. 28, 1945, Alaska Railway yard and bay [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and Ship Creek looking northwest]
 30 — 1945 Alaska [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and Ship Creek looking northwest]
 31 — [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and Ship Creek looking north]
 32 — Alaska 1945 [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad tracks along Cook Inlet at Anchorage]
 33 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue street scene, with automobiles and pedestrians in front of federal building]
 34 — Jan. 28, 1945, post office & courthouse, Anchorage, Alaska [same as .33]
 35 — [pedestrians on steps of federal building in summer, automobile parked at left]
 36 — Jan. 28, 1945, street shot [man wearing uniform holding hands with woman as they walk down Fourth Avenue in front of federal building, Crocker’s in background]
 37 — [pedestrians on Fourth Avenue in front of federal building in summer, Crocker’s in background]
 38 — [exterior of KFQD in Anchorage, with signs for Ed Coffey Insurance and Airways Office in window]
 39 — Hospital, Anchorage [automobile parked in front of Providence Hospital]
 40 — Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska, May 27, 1945 [Providence Hospital, automobiles parked at right]
 41 — Anchorage, Alaska, May 27, 1945 [Providence Hospital]
 42 — [close-up of entrance of Providence Hospital]
 43 — [exterior of Anchorage Grade School]
 44 — High school, Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 1945 [exterior of Anchorage Grade School]
 45 — [exterior of Anchorage High School in winter]
 46 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [exterior of Masonic Temple building on Fourth Avenue at F Street]
 47 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [view across muddy street to Eckmann’s Furniture, Fourth Avenue]
 48 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [gasoline pumps at Standard Oil Co. service station]
 49 — Jan. 28, 1945, Standard Oil Co. ser. sta., Anchorage, Alaska [gasoline pumps at station]
 50 — [view across street to building, three Yellow Cabs parked in street, Anchorage]
 51 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue street scene, view down wet, rutted unpaved road, automobiles parked in front of buildings, Chugach Mountains in distance]
 52 — Jan. 28, 1945, street scene, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue looking east, view down wet sidewalk, automobiles parked in front of businesses including Palace of Sweets, The Hub Clothing Company]
 53 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue street scene, automobiles on wet road passing businesses including Lois Beauty Salon]
 54 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue street scene, pedestrians on sidewalk in front of Ship Creek Meat Market, Food Center, and Seidenverg Clothier]
 55 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [street scene, E Street at Fourth Avenue looking north, pedestrians crossing street between Anchorage Hotel and Hewitt’s Drugs]
 56 — [dog barking on grassy lawn]
 57 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [small building next to city hall, with sign “Territorial [Department of Mines?] and Public Assay Office”]
 58 — [soldiers lined up at Hamburger Heaven food shack, spectators in bleachers next to building]
 59 — [exterior of Post Chapel, Fort Richardson]
 60 — [exterior of Ft. Richardson Main Store Exchange]
 61 — March 11, 1945 [exterior of Fort Richardson Exchange Beauty Salon]
 62 — Alaska 1945 [base view in summer, soldiers walking past buildings, possibly baseball field at right, fire department ladder truck at left]
 63 — Alaska 1945 [base view in summer, looking down gravel road, fire department ladder truck at left]
 64 — [winter view of residential area. Original image blurry]
 65 — [three young boys playing with toy guns in residential yard in winter. Original image blurry]
 66 — [woman walking with young boy in residential area in winter]
 67 — [view across street to two soldiers walking past log building in winter, automobile parked at left]
 68 — Jan. 28, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [automobiles on wet, muddy street, pedestrian and buildings in background]
 69 — [three soldiers standing in front of building entrance]
 70 — Alaska 1945 [Fourth Avenue street view, intersection of two dirt roads, automobile at left, pedestrians and buildings in background, Columbia Lumber Company at right]
 71 — Alaska 1945 [Anchorage street scene, view up dirt road with houses, possibly apartment building in left background]
 72 — Pfc. Gulledge, 1945 [Gulledge wearing uniform, standing in front of house]
 73 — Alaska 1945 [two soldiers walking away from three-story building on bluff, Cook Inlet in background. Cf. .80]
 74 — Alaska 1945 [street scene, view looking west down dirt road past automobiles and houses to Cook Inlet in distance. Cf. .83]
 75 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [street scene, view looking west down dirt road past automobiles and houses to Cook Inlet in distance]
 76 — Alaska 1945 [woman pushing young child in wooden stroller down street]
 77 — [two people riding bicycles on dirt street]
 78 — [signboard for First Presbyterian Church, Anchorage]
 79 — How do you like this little house? [exterior of Anchorage home on west side of L Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Cf. B1989.016.541.8]
 80 — Somebody’s home [exterior of Anchorage house, probably George Lingo house at 330 L Street. Cf. .73]
 81 — [two people sitting on park bench on bluff above Cook Inlet, military Jeep parked at right]
 82 — [street scene, view looking down dirt road past automobiles to Cook Inlet in distance, possibly Government Hill in right background]
 83 — [street scene, view looking west down dirt road past automobiles and houses to Cook Inlet in distance. Cf. .74]
 84 — [street scene, view looking east down dirt road past automobiles and houses to Chugach Mountains in distance, pedestrians on concrete sidewalk at right]
 85 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [three young children on concrete sidewalk]
 86 — I thought she was real cute [young child playing in sandbox in yard, playground equipment in right background]
 87 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [view of residential area, with houses, sidewalk, and Cook Inlet in background]
 88 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [view of residential area, with houses and sidewalk]
 89 — [two people riding bicycles down dirt road, houses on background]
 90 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska, creek between here and town [view up river, probably Ship Creek]
 91 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [scenic of river, probably Ship Creek]
 92 — This is a picture one of the boys made of me and he developed it and it isn’t such a good job [Gulledge standing on platform in front of Alaska Railroad freight car]
 93 — Lake Spenard, June 10, 1945 [soldiers getting off of truck in parking area]
 94 — Lake Spenard, June 10, 1945 [soldiers and civilians next to two log buildings]
 95 — Lake Spenard, June 10, 1945 [three young children playing in sand]
 96 — Lake Spenard, June 10, 1945. Who said people didn’t go swimming here? [group of people sitting on beach next to lake, one man wading in water]
 97 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [scenic with marsh or riverbed in foreground, Chugach Mountains in distance]
 98 — Fort Richardson, May 27, 1945. I thought this was a good one too. The pictures of me and [Stumps?] were all made at 9:00 P.M. behind this barracks [Gulledge seated on logs in front of building. Cf. .178]
 99 — Fort Richardson, May 27, 1945. This was made at the same place [Gulledge walking on dirt road, base buildings in background]
 100 — Fort Richardson, May 27, 1945. This was taken behind my barracks and it is good too. Made at 9:00 P.M. Sunday night. That is a believe it or not. Ha. I can take pictures at 11:00 P.M. now [Gulledge standing outdoors, base buildings and Chugach Mountains in background]
 101 — Lake Spenard, June 10, 1945 [woman standing next to bicycle racks, automobile parked next to building]
 102 — Lake Spenard, June 10, 1945 [Gulledge kneeling next to child playing in sand, automobiles parked in background]
 103 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [soldier and three women walking next to wood-sided automobile]
 104 — March 11, 1945. This is the capt. that I work for. I called him Shorty to his back [officer in winter coat walking next to bleachers]
 105 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [two soldiers and woman on lakeshore, picnic tables and fire pits in background]
 106 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [two soldiers and woman on lakeshore]
 107 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [soldiers and women picnicking on lakeshore, two-wheeled cart in center]
 108 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [women sitting on grass, soldiers on small dock in background]
 109 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [soldier and women sitting in grass, log cabin in background]
 110 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [soldiers and women sitting in grass, man wearing bathing suit at right, picnic table in background]
 111 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [soldiers standing next to table with bowling pins at one end]
 112 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945. Q.M. picnic [soldiers and women sitting on grass, picnic table and trash container at right]
113 — This little three room house sold for $7000 in Anchorage. Could you believe it? [house with striped awnings and picket fence]
 114 — [Gulledge posed in front of barracks entrance]
 115 — [Gulledge and unidentified soldier posed in front of barracks entrance]
 116 — [Gulledge and unidentified soldier posed in front of barracks entrance]
 117 — [unidentified soldier posed in front of barracks entrance]
 118 — [interior of barracks, with men sitting on bunks, foot lockers, clothing hanging from rod]
 119 — Our mess hall [exterior of building]
 120 — [unidentified soldier posed in front of barracks entrance]
 121 — [Gulledge standing and smoking on sidewalk]
 122 — [unidentified soldier posed in front of barracks entrance]
 123 — [Gulledge standing and smoking on sidewalk]
 124 — [Gulledge standing on sidewalk]
 125 — [Gulledge standing on sidewalk]
 126 — [Gulledge standing on sidewalk, leaning against wooden fence, building in background]
 127 — [Gulledge posed next to signpost “Stay on the Right Road Brother, Save with Bonds,” and mileages to national and international locations, possibly baseball field behind]
 128 — [Gulledge and unidentified soldier crouched on sidewalk]
 129 — [Gulledge posed next to signpost “Stay on the Right Road Brother, Save with Bonds,” and mileages to national and international locations, possibly baseball field at left]
 130 — [batter at home plate during baseball game, probably Fort Richardson]
 131 — [Gulledge and three unidentified soldiers posed on sidewalk]
 132 — [soldiers and civilians sitting outside Hamburger Heaven food shack, probably next to baseball field]
 133 — [soldiers sitting in bleachers at baseball field]
 134 — [player running bases during baseball game, base buildings and Chugach Mountains in background]
 135 — Green Lake, June 16, 1945 [soldiers walking near parked vehicles in front of log cabin, lake in left background]
 136 — [distant view of military airplane on airstrip]
 137 — [military airplane on airstrip]
 138 — [base view in summer, looking down sidewalk in front of buildings, drainage ditch in center, dirt road at left]
 139 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska. This was made in front of the [boys?] and it is good. Ha. But I was tired after the rode [sic] on the bicycle to Anchorage [Gulledge standing n lawn of Providence Hospital]
 140 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska. Littleton [soldier sitting on bicycle in front of Providence Hospital]
 141 — [distant view of water tower and hangars at Elmendorf Field]
 142 — [row of military trucks parked in front of building]
 143 — [distant view looking across large clearing to base housing]
 144 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska. Hosp. [exterior of Providence Hospital, man on bicycle at left]
 145 — [bird’s eye view looking northeast of Alaska Railroad headquarters and Ship Creek area]
 146 — May 27, 1945, Anchorage, Alaska [scenic of probably Ship Creek, with Chugach Mountains in distance, bush airplane flying overhead]
 147 — Charles G. Gulledge, Nov. 27, 1944, Atlanta, Ga. [studio portrait]
 148 — [players walking on baseball field, base buildings and Chugach Mountains in distance]
 149 — Bedford [Photographic postcard. Bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad Loop District in winter]
 150 — Seward, Alaska. Sylvia’s [Photographic postcard. Aerial of Seward. Sylvia Sexton, photographer]
 151 — S.S. Baranof [Photographic postcard. Steamship under way. Attributed to Sylvia Sexton by Seward Community Library Association]
 152 — S.S. Alaska [Photographic postcard. Steamship under way. Attributed to Sylvia Sexton by Seward Community Library Association]
 153 — [Forward half of the S.S. Yukon on the rocks of Cape Fairfield near Seward, 1946]
 154 — [men getting into lifeboat, wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 155 — [rescue operations, wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 156 — [men seated at table below decks aboard ship, wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 157 — [aerial of ships in bay, wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 158 — [aerial of shipwrecked S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 159 — [view from deck of shipwrecked S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 160 — [aerial of shipwrecked S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 161 — [view of rocks from deck of shipwrecked S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 162 — [military airplane and ship in Resurrection Bay, rescue operations, wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service]
 163 — [Photographic postcard. Exterior of Theater No. 1, Fort Richardson]
 164 — [Photographic postcard. Interior of recreation building, with pool tables, bear skin mounted over fireplace]
 165 — S.S. Columbia [Photographic postcard. Steamship under way]
 166 — C290. Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard]
 167 — C293. Lake Spenard, Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard. Distant view of floatplanes on lake]
 168 — C297. Ketchikan harbor, Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard]
 169 — C288. Fishing fleet at Juneau, Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard]
 170 — C295. Ketchikan, Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard]
 171 — C248. Alaskan glacier thru tree trunk. [...] Reproduced from an original Kodachrome [Color photomechanical postcard. Mendenhall Glacier from Auke Lake]
 172 — C287. Chena River at Fairbanks, Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard]
 173 — C289. Juneau, capital of Alaska. [...] Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard]
 174 — [Photographic postcard. Interior of lounge area, with armchairs, ashtrays, lamps, small cabinet with books and LP records]
 175 — [Photographic postcard. Interior of reading room, with magazine rack, chairs, small desks, and sofas]
 176 — [Photographic postcard. Interior of dining room, with tables, counter at right, Polynesian-themed paintings on walls] Loose photographs
 177 — [two unidentified soldiers posed in barracks entrance. Cf. .114 et seq.]
 178 — Fort Richardson, May 27, 1945. This is Stumps, he is the one that help buy the Kodachrome film and the cause of me bring broke. Ha [soldier walking, base buildings in background. Cf. .98]
 179 — March 11, 1945 [Gulledge posed in front of base buildings in winter]
 180 — March 11, 1945 [two female skaters on ice rink, spectators and base buildings in background]
 181 — Yukon after it broken into [sic] [wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946. With stamp of Glacier Photo Service. Cf. .153 et seq.]
 182 — C296. Yukon. Leader of a husky team photographed near Anchorage, Alaska. Reproduced from a Kodachrome by Mike Roberts [Color photomechanical postcard. Dog portrait] Ephemera - Immunization register and other medical data. For Charles G. Gulledge - Menu. Thanksgiving dinner, November 22, 1945. Detachment Quartermaster Section, Alaskan Department, Fort Richardson. - Menu. Christmas Day, Alaska, 1945. Detachment Quartermaster Section, Alaskan Department, Fort Richardson. - Telegram. Charles to Mrs. Charles G. Gulledge. Anniversary wishes, 1945 - Flyer. Excursion to Bear Valley and Portage Glacier, sponsored jointly by the Alaska Camera Club and the Anchorage Ski Club, Sunday, September 5, 1945. With manuscript note “Put this in your album!” - Clipping. “232d MP Co., QM detachment cited here; outfits honored for exceptional service.” Source unidentified - Clipping. “100 marooned on beach; Seward opens homes to aid survivors.” Anchorage daily times, Wednesday February 6, 1946. Wreck of the S.S. Yukon - Newsletter. Sourdough sentinel. Vol. 3, no. 41. Friday, October 12, 1945, Ft. Richardson, Alaska. Complete With manuscript note “This is the last issue.” Guide written: [date]