View of buildings on fire during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire in Seward, Alaska, which destroyed at least 16 businesses in the downtown area. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 7/8".
Debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire litters the street near the barber shop on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Several people and a dog are on the street in the background. 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".
Ice covered debris fills the corner of Washington and Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska, where the Arcade Building stood before the fire of November 23-24, 1941. The Brosius Apartment building and the Alaska Railroad depot stand in the background....
View of Seward, Alaska taken from above town during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from front. Early morning overhead view of Fourth Avenue burning in Seward, Alaska during fire of Nov. 23-24, 1941. The Arcade Building blazes at far right. Also from front: "Stephen Rychter." Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen...
Title from front. November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire as viewed from above Seward, Alaska. Resurrection Bay in background. Also from front: "c1941. Stephen Rychter." Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5"...
View of burning building on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska during November 23-24, 1941 fire. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Bulldozers work to clear debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire in Seward, Alaska. Caption reads: "Seward Fire Nov 23-24. Stephen Rychter." Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from front. The Arcade Building blazes at the corner of Washington and Fourth Avenue during the November 23-24, 1941 fire in Seward, Alaska. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Photographer: Stephen Rychter. Original photograph size: 5 1/2" x 7".
Looking north on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska after the fire of November 23-24, 1941, with men walking at right. Brown & Hawkins and Leo-Bobby Liquor Store are at left. 1941-1942. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Palmer street scene, 1941. View across a gravel road at automobiles parked outside business store fronts in Palmer. Signs on businesses (left to right): "Photo Shop", "Frisco House". Original photograph size: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch.
Title taken from image. Winter shot of Grandview, a small railroad settlement on the Kenai Peninsula, 1941. Road and houses are covered with snow. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 inch.
From caption: "H[ead]q[uarters] B[at]t[e]ry 1st B[attalio]n 250th C[oast] A[rtillery], Sitka 1941." View of soldiers of the Headquarters Battery, First Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery standing at attention for an inspection in Sitka, Alaska,...
Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
Icy debris covers the corner of Fourth Avenue and Washington in Seward, Alaska, at the former location of the Arcade Building, after the fire of November 23-24, 1941. The Brosius Apartment building stands behind the debris and railroad cars can be...
Icy debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire is piled along Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Two men and a truck are visible near Brown & Hawkins at left. 1941-1942. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Color photograph of Govenor Gruening's Secretarial staff from 1941, identified as left to right: Katherine Torkelsen, Etolin Coulter, Estella Draper, Gladys Overby and Katherine Pinzon.