"C" List jobseekers relax in front of the Odd Fellow Temple building on First Avenue, Fairbanks; this was once the hiring hall for operating engineers.
"Through the chow lines goes Governor William A. Egan of Alaska as he lunched with noncommissioned officers in charge of the 63 village detachments which make up the 1st and 2nd Scout Battalions of the Alaska National Guard. With the governor are...
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.
Baker Engineers employees stand outside their construction camp mess hall in Galena. A sign on the building reads: "Const. Camp Mess Hall Michael Baker USED Army personnel only". Baker Engineers was under contract to the United States Army Forces...
Cataloguer's note: Two horse-drawn carriages are emerging from the ground floor of the City Hall building. They are carrying ladders and appear to be fire wagons.
Four job seekers wait in front of the Culinary Workers Union Hall on First Avenue, Fairbanks; sign reads Hotel, Motel, Restaurant, Bartenders, Const. Camp Employees, Local 879
Hiring call in old laborers' hall in basement of King's Kup restaurant, Noble Street, Fairbanks. The young woman in the photo is Debbie Reed: "My first job on the pipeline was Jan 10th, 1975 at Franklin Bluffs on the night crew laying down the...
Interior shot of a mess hall at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. Ingrid Bergman is seated at a table eating Christmas Dinner with servicemen. Verso: "Ingrid Bergman ate at one of the camp's mess halls--but we didn't have the luck this time."...
Interior shot of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line construction camp dining hall in Driftwood Bay, Unalaska Island, 1958. Two men are standing at a counter; tables are set with dishes and cutlery. DEW Line sites were constructed in the Aleutian...