Ice covered debris fills the corner of Washington and Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska, where the Arcade Building stood before the fire of November 23-24, 1941. The Brosius Apartment building and the Alaska Railroad depot stand in the background....
Title taken from front. Early morning overhead view of Fourth Avenue burning in Seward, Alaska during fire of Nov. 23-24, 1941. The Arcade Building blazes at far right. Also from front: "Stephen Rychter." Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen...
Looking north on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska after the fire of November 23-24, 1941, with men walking at right. Brown & Hawkins and Leo-Bobby Liquor Store are at left. 1941-1942. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
View of buildings on fire during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire in Seward, Alaska, which destroyed at least 16 businesses in the downtown area. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 7/8".
Debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire litters the street near the barber shop on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Several people and a dog are on the street in the background. 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".
Icy debris covers the corner of Fourth Avenue and Washington in Seward, Alaska, at the former location of the Arcade Building, after the fire of November 23-24, 1941. The Brosius Apartment building stands behind the debris and railroad cars can be...
View of Seward, Alaska taken from above town during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title from front. November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire as viewed from above Seward, Alaska. Resurrection Bay in background. Also from front: "c1941. Stephen Rychter." Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5"...
View of burning building on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska during November 23-24, 1941 fire. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
57 second, black & white/silent film clip. This clip shows facilities being constructed and some of the air craft destined to be sent to the Soviet Union for defense against Germany during World War II . Clip is an excerpt from the Universal...
Title from verso. "First plane on pontoons spring of 1941. Tied to ice cake on frozen beach at Bootleggers cove near Anchorage. Reason: Flying engineers to Whittier camp of new tunnel job for railroad. Photo by Russ Dow." Compare to...
Title taken from image. Winter shot of Grandview, a small railroad settlement on the Kenai Peninsula, 1941. Road and houses are covered with snow. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 inch.
Exterior of the Jesse Lee Home, a Methodist Episcopal Church orphanage and residential care facility in Seward, 1941-1943. Original photograph size: 3 7/8 x 6 1/8 inch.
Title from verso. A group of soldiers from Battery "E" pose for a photograph in front of an army tent at Fort Raymond, Seward. Battery "E" was in the 205th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) Battalion (renamed the 420th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft)...
Title taken from caption. Street scene of 4th Avenue, Seward, Alaska from below the Arcade Building. Cars are parked beside the boardwalk. Street lights are lit. Sign on building on right reads: "Arcade". Original photograph size: 3 1/2 x 6 inch.
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Work on Dock at Shores [sic] Point." View of soldiers constructing a dock facility at Fort Babcock at Shoals Point on Kruzof Island, Alaska, during World War II. ca. 1941-1943.
Title taken from verso. View of farm with cropland in foreground near Palmer, Alaska. Also from verso: "... was a colony farm. c[a]. 1941. 3 miles west of Palmer." 1941? Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".