Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
33 second film clip, color/silent. Film show the forward operating base on Adak during the Aleutian Camapign of WWII, consisting of tents erected on a grassy field.
48 second color/silent film clip, of a trip on the Riverboat Discovery in Fairbanks, Alaska. Clip shows passengers loading, Jim Binkley talking on a microphone, Mary Binkley talking to passengers about fur, and a trip to an Athabascan fish camp.
49 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a film clip organized like a film newsreel. Shown is a railroad contstruction camp, the Alaska Railroad bridge over Eagle River, and a railroad observation car. Captions on the film read: "The...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
53 black and white photographs document project to construct a "ditch' of pipeline and flume to transport water to the gold fields; first images show horse teams pulling loaded sleds across frozen Tagish Lake; last images show construction of large...