Title from accompanying materials. Three vessels, all in the North American Transportation and Trading Company's dry dock facility. The ownership of these vessels was established using material from the North American Transportation and...
Title taken from caption. "No 1053 Crowd Who Went to the Imprisoned Vessels June 15. 08 Nome Alaska." Men on boat 'Seddon' and on surrounding ice. [May be "Seddor" or "Seddoi".]
Title from verso. Photograph of a submarine docking at Dutch Harbor, while an honor guard waits on the pier. Verso reads: "Vulnerable. -- Dutch Harbor, the Navy's oldest base in the Aleutian Islands, has been reduced to "care-taker"...
Title taken from caption. " U.S. Revenue Cutter 'Rush' at Valdez, Alaska." Cataloguer's note: Named in honor of Richard Rush (1780 - 1859) who was a statesman and a diplomat, during the administrations of Adams and John Quincy Adams. The...
Title from accompanying material. The Portus B. Weare, owned by the North American Transportation and Trading Co., and several other vessels moored to the company's pier at low tide. The Portus B. Weare's ownership was established from...
Title and description taken from accompanying material. "Dart": Mail, Frt. Pass. Bow on, burned and half sunk in Lake Union with other burned or scrapped vessels.; "Reliance":Small, old Sd. Pass boat. Stbd. bow, laying in junk yard Lake Union,...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...
Title taken from image. Four sailing vessels at anchor in the channel, Sitka. Four two-masted sealing or fishing vessels, and a ferry or steam launch, in front of the Sitka Native village.
Lifeboats and salvage inspection vessels as seen from the remains of the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Glacier Photo Service, Seward, Alaska." 1946. Original size of photograph: 8" x 10".
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Compiled from the most recent surveys made by order of the British, French & United States governments." Insets: Victoria Harbour -- Awatska Bay -- Marian or Ladrone Isles --...