(4:21 min.) (13 of 25) Trade and shipping in Alaska Alaska trade and shipping -- unique; one way haul; exception -- salmon; ship salmon -- cannery; ship movements in water
51 second, black and white, silent film clip of the ferry M/V Kalakala (meaning "Flying Bird" in Chinook). Originally launched as the Peralta on October 14, 1926, in San Francisco, she burned to the waterline on May 6, 1933. The intact hull was...
Title from cataloger. Members of the Billiard Club are seen here showing off their bald heads. In 1929 several dorm residents decided to form a unique club by becoming human billiard balls. Each member got a "billiard ball" haircut and had a red...
This image shows article X of constitution of the state of Alaska which deals with the local government. This government (borough system) was created to address certain conditions that were unique to Alaska. Article XI sets guidelines for the...
A porch on the front of a log building in McGrath, Alaska. From verso: "Unique bird's post porch. McGrath. Where we stopped by airplane to deliver mail. July 3, 1928."
Title taken from verso. View of heating unit made from oil drums used to heat shed at Trans-Alaska Pipeline Pump Station 10 at mile 218 Richardson Highway in Southcentral Alaska. 1975? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x...
Designed to overcome the 30-foot tides, crushing ice, and strong currents of Alaska's Cook Inlet, this "monopod" drilling rig owned by Marathon Oil Company and Union Oil Company of California is positioned over the partner's discovery well at the...
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Four women dancing on blanket made of bearded sealskin outside during Nalukataq (spring whaling celebration). Well-dressed women dance with babies on their backs. The metal bucket near drummers is filled with water used to keep drums moist for...