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.
Capt. Zeisler performing a marriage on board the USCG Spencer 1939. One of three Alaska Native couples are being married during a triple wedding on a coast guard vessel.
Caption: "Young married couple outside their sod house. The house is made by making the frame out of drift wood and then covered with sod to keep the cold wind out during the winter days. In summer they move out into tents."