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 from caption. Photograph of a wedding dinner. Caption reads: "The wedding supper of Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Kern at Skagway Alaska. No 1. The Bride - Mrs. P.E. Kern, No 2. - the groom Mr. P.E. Kern, No. 3 - J.B. Moore (myself) No. 4 -...
Title taken from front. Portrait of Dr. Willis E. Everette, Alaskan doctor, taken in Washington, D.C. From verso: "In memory of our "Alaskan experience!" Willis E. Everette, M.D. June 3, 1886. Wash[ington], D.C." From border of photo: "Johnson...
Title taken from front. Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Ruggles with dog on leash standing in front of building in Anchorage, Alaska. 1929. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 3/4".
3 maps on one sheet. Depths shown by soundings. "Issued May 1885, C. O. Boutelle, assist. in charge of office." Stamped: Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Oct. 14, 1880. Components: Tolstoi Bay, Clarence Strait, S.E....
View of two log buildings on the John E. Baker homestead in Takotna, Alaska. Two dogs, a canoe, and the cache is in the foreground; the homestead cabin in the background. Original photograph size: 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch.
Title taken from front. C.R. Breck, Jr. and E.O. Archibald, engineers for the Alaska Engineering Commission, on horseback, Kings River, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G303." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. Group photo at Alaska Engineering Commission construction camp at mile 249 in Southcentral Alaska, including E. Swansen (only woman contractor on government railroad). Also from front: "A.E.C. H100." An Alaska Engineering...
Portrait photograph of E. B. Collins. This was taken when he served as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, held in Fairbanks at the University of Alaska, November 8, 1955 - February 6, 1956.
Title taken from image. A signed portrait photograph of E. B. Collins. Written on the back of this image is "Earnest B. Collins-Fox, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, 1st. Terr. Leg.-1913"
(5:17 min) (01 of 25) Start in Alaska shipping Alaska Steamship Company; California -- moved from; trucking business; Vancouver, British Columbia; vacation ; fishing boat; June -- 1948; Prince Rupert Island; Ketchikan; employment; salmon --...
(4:51 min) (02 of 25) Personal background
office work; Valdez; Ketchikan; steamship company -- like family; spirit of adventure; Alaska Steam -- important community; changes; Fairbanks; Alaska Railroad; competition; freight
(4:15 min.) (07 of 25) Ship stories ship; anchor; Neilson, Chris; near disaster; Native hospital; bill collecting; travel; box of money -- 20 dollar bills
(4:22 min.) (09 of 25) Small town lifestyle people -- friendly; people -- helpful; longshoreman -- generous; museum; Captain Valdez -- pictures; Captain Cordova -- pictures; Ambassador of Spain; potlatch