View of men digging a railroad car out of the snow that was pushed off the tracks as a result of a snowslide at mile 48, south of Bartlett Glacier on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. From caption: "Slide m[ile]p[ost] 48. Jan 17 -1946." From verso "[?]...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad construction at Henry Hansen & Co. construction site, Matanuska Branch, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G377." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View of Fred Johnson construction site along Alaska Engineering Commission Railway, Matanuska Branch, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G378." From margin: " [Mile] 25.75." An Alaska Engineering Commission...
(6:52 min.) (17 of 24) 17 Purser's job vs. Steward's job. Union strikes
Purser dealt more with freight. The strikes happened, and the crew started making more money. "We didn't even know what overtime was." The price of everything went up...
(4:08 min.) (17 of 28) 17. Virginia comes to Alaska
Virginia was given the chance to come to Alaska as a flight instructor; if she didn't like it she was told she could fly home for free. She only instructed for one summer. She came up,...
Text on photo reads: "After Storm Nov. 17". View of the wreckage of the Lincoln Bar in Nome after a storm on Nov 17, 1945. "Jacobs [Studio] Nome" written on bottom right of photograph. Two wooden buildings adjacent to the wreckage are intact. ...
This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 17, 1961 and depicts the park road in Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National park and Preserve) with mountains of the Alaska Range rising above it.
From caption in The Polled Hereford Magazine Nov 15, 1947: "Denoting the progress of the Polled Hereford breed, this picture represents several possible 'firsts' - first air shipment of Polled Herefords out of the Western United States, first...
Title taken from front. View of Ellamar Mine, Prince William Sound, Ellamar, Alaska, with mine buildings and tracks as seen from end of pier. Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Photographer's number G208. April 17, 1905....
Title taken from front. View of Ellamar, Alaska, from hill on Virgin Bay, Prince William Sound. Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Photographer's number G205? April 17, 1905. Photographer: P.S. Hunt.
Title taken from front. View of Ellamar Mining Co. buildings, Ellamar, Alaska, on Prince William Sound. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number G212. April 17, 1905. Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission houses, some being constructed, 2nd Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, with Cook Inlet in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G136. Block 17." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View from front of coal washing plant during construction at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska, with power plant at left. Construction crews work amidst piles of lumber, while a flatbed car stands...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction crew working on tracks in front of train at Station 132[9]1 (fourth digit is reversed), Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1913." An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway bridge over Honolulu Creek, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1916." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G1916. Aug. 17, 1921. Photographer: H.G....
Title taken from front. View of power plant and construction site for coal washing plant at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska, looking north. Men stand beside a crane at left, while railroad cars are on tracks at right....
Title taken from front. Northwest view of coal washing plant during construction at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska. Construction crews are at work on the structure, with piles of lumber at left. Also from front:...
Title taken from front. Southeast view of coal washing plant during construction and power plant at right, Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska. Construction crews are at work on structure, with lumber piled at right. Also...