First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Title by cataloger. Verso reads: "By Charley Mayse(?)" A view of heavy snow fall. A lone child is standing on a pile of snow that reaches the roof of a house.
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "Valdez st. FEB 3 1918, W. H. Case". This was originally titled "Valdez st." but has since been identified by the Historical Collections staff of the Alaska State Library as South Franklin Street in Juneau....
Some wood buildings, presumably homes, are snowed in. It appears that much of the snow was blown in by wind. Three people in the foreground are taking in the scene.
Wooden house with snowdrifts up against it. Two people, probably children, have climbed up a snowdrift, with one of them standing on the snowdrift above the front door of the house. One person is standing in the doorway. A...
Title from caption on photograph. Photograph shows a group of children as seen from behind. Caption on photograph reads "Front Street - Nome, Alaska. Nome school children on their way home - in a blizzard [?]".
Title from caption. "Prospecting is also done by air. Bob Reeve landed a party on a glacier near an ore outcrop that they might examine it. While there, a snowstorm came up and the party was marooned for seven days last November." On verso:...
Title from collection notes. "P 115 Front Street and D Street Nome Alaska". Winter scene, photographers shadow on left, blurry dog on right. [People and dogs walk down a snow-covered street. Occidental Hotel and Anvil Bakery can be seen. ...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a group of school children standing in a blizzard. Caption from finding aid reads "Kids at Marshall". Location is Marshall, Alaska.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a person walking in a blizzard down Main Street in Marshall, Alaska. Caption from finding aid reads "Blizzard on Marshall Main Street". Location is Marshall, Alaska.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows children playing in a blizzard. A house and the base of a windmill sits behind them. Caption from finding aid reads "Kids at Marshall". Location is Marshall, Alaska.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows children walking to school in a blizzard. Caption from finding aid reads "Kids at Marshall in blizzard heading to school house". Location is Marshall, Alaska.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows some dogs tied up outside in a blizzard. They are all curled up on the ground. Caption from finding aid reads "Dogs out in blizzard". Location is unknown.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows some homes in Marshall, Alaska during a blizzard. Caption from finding aid reads "Marshall." Location is Marshall, Alaska.