Title taken from caption. " U. S. Transport 'Burnside' arriving at Valdez, Sept. 25, 1904 with Valdez-Sitka marine cable." Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G45. Reproduced from glass plates.
Title from image caption Full caption: "Aboard the government cable ship, BURNSIDE, Wednesday, August 24, 1904, for the official splicing of the two sections of the Alaska Cable, [which] took place ten miles from Seattle on the return of the...
Title taken from front. View of men using boats to haul WAMCATS (Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph Station) cable ashore from the ship "Burnside", Valdez, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's...