Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Warehouse goes down -- Listed as a total loss by Elmendorf AFB engineers, this supply warehouse went down during the havoc-creating Good Friday earthquake which struck...
Title taken from note with photo. "Fissure, caused by the Alaska Earthquake Anchorage Ak., 3/27/64". A large crack in the earth is crossed by what may be an extension ladder and telephone or electric lines.
Title taken from notes with photo. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". A sunken, cracked house sits on the uneven ground. Another slanting house is in the background.
Title taken from note with photo. "Clean-up beginning in Anchorage J.C. Penney's building on 5th ave. following the Alaska Earthquake 3/31/64". A large corner of the building is caved in. Two utility trucks, one labeled "Beaver Bros. Inc.",...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anch. [Anchorage] Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Many of the homes in the...
“Anchorage – Army Private Ralph T. Frye, Hamlet, N.C., briefs Red Cross disaster nursing staff on how to get to isolated Alaskan communities hard hit by Good Friday’s earthquake and tidal waves. Left...
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
Title taken from notes with photos. "Damage along Prince Edward Sound Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64. (Air photo)". [May be Prince William Sound, near Valdez.]
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Seward from the air -- Seward's damaged waterfront buildings and rail yards lie twisted and broken in the aftermath of the Good Friday earthquake which seriously damaged this community among many others...