John Maloney, a master carpenter in the U.S. Naval Reserve, traveled to Alaska with a “work party” on the S.S. NORTHWESTERN. Several images show construction projects in the area of Seward, Alaska, including work on the railroad bridge at Mile...
View of two workers climbing the dome atop a "White Alice" facility at Cape Chiniak, on Kodiak Island, Alaska. White Alice was a form of radar built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid 1950's. Built during the height of the Cold War the U.S. Air Force...
Title taken from verso. View of back of Russian Orthodox Church looking toward water, St. George, Alaska. 1986. Photographer: Barbara Sweetland Smith. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. View of Russian Orthodox Church from side looking toward water, St. George, Alaska. 1986. Photographer: Barbara Sweetland Smith. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
View of Church of the Dormition, a Russian Orthodox church, Kenai, Alaska. From verso: "Old Russian church Kenai built in 1846 and still standing. This was taken in 1952. Shrine over the body of Abbot Nicholai & two or 3 other R[ussian] O[rthodox]....
Title taken from verso. View of Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension, Unalaska, Alaska, with cemetery. Also from verso: "National Historic Landmark." 1984. Photographer: Barbara Sweetland Smith.
Text on photo reads "Placing Dome, Driftwood Bay 1958". Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line site construction at Driftwood Bay. Construction worker is visible on scaffolding on the upper left of the dome. DEW Line sites were constructed in the...
Title taken from front. View of Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension, Unalaska, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: Nowell Photo. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from verso. Exterior view of Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska, Alaska. Also from verso: "was seldom used then, but was in fairly good condition." Jan. 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from verso. Also from verso: "Built 1994 in commemoration of 200th anniversary of Orthodoxy in North America. A replica of 1st church of the Resurrection, 1794." Original photograph size: 10" x 8".