Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- TOYS ARE LOADED -- The first 2,000 pounds of some six tons of toys donated by the Greater Seattle Merchants and residents are loaded aboard an Air Force vehicle at...
Title taken from label on front. Man standing in front of 200 tons of TNT at mile 319 of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad construction between Curry and Healy in Interior Alaska. Also from label: "T 216." From verso: "Const[ruction] Curry to...
Close-up view of men, butchering walruses on dock Additional information from verso: E.B. O'Connor and Natives cutting up 30 tons of walrus meat received as part payment for services on a hunting and moving picture trip with Capt. L.L. Lane...
View of people butchering walruses on dock; walrus hides piled up in foreground; houses in background on opposite side [of river] Additional information from verso: E.B. O'Connor and Natives cutting up 30 tons of walrus meat received as part...
Broad view of beach, with walrus butchering on dock; water and ship in background Additional information from verso: E.B. O'Connor and Natives cutting up 30 tons of walrus meat received as part payment for services on a hunting and moving...
Overview of walrus butchering activities on beach, with houses in background [across river] Additional information from verso: E.B. O'Connor and Natives cutting up 30 tons of walrus meat received as part payment for services on a hunting and...
River boat Yukon's first trip of 1923, with a close up view of the barges full of 1,000 tons of gold ore from the Mayo district with a value of $500,000.
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
(9:33 Min.) (02 of 09)
Barging
landmarks -- sandbars; night navigation; freight -- food, machinery, lumber; 120 tons a trip; short season; steamboats; Peterson, Don; changes in handing freights; forklift; building of the barge; barge history; army;...
(9:00 min.) (05 of 09)
Barging
Martha; working close to the land; barge; waves; advice for young people; hovercraft; year round; 75 tons; 30 miles per hour; follows the river; demand; fuel; propane; airlines; schedules; develops better...
Title taken from caption. "9355 -- (3) The two oldest transportation companies operating on the Yukon are the Alaskan Commercial Company and the North American Trading & Transportation Company. They are located on the little harbor about a...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
Title taken from caption. "A homestead near Palmer, on the Matanuska Branch of the Government Railroad. The many sacks noted in the distance contain the harvested potato crop. The oats in the foreground have been partly cut. The farmers in...