View of 2nd Mate Isaac Lystad standing with a group of women and children on board the ship, North Star, in Alaska. In the background another ship's officer can be seen to the left of the photo and to the right stairs leading to the upper deck have...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Gisberg, 'Snake,' 'Doc,' and 'Mac.'" View of crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa on a fishing trip to Kenai Lake. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "One old timer there told me...
Title taken from caption. View of an airplane tied to the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (formerly the John C. Spencer). Photograph taken off shore of Anangula Island (also Ananiuliak Island) during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. View of the afterdeck of the "Pactolus" from the mainmast, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area, 1919.
Title taken from caption. View of the afterdeck of the "Pactolus" from the wheel house, with a group of men taking a break on the deck, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area, 1919.
Title taken from label on matting. View of men working on ship heading to Kake, Alaska through the Inside Passage. Also from label: "It's full steam ahead on the Inside Passage, enroute to Kake, Alaska, for a shipment of canned salmon. The...
Title taken from caption. "The entire group of contestants in the All-Alaska Talent Contest poses for a picture. Although the three WACs were part of the show, their efforts were noncompetitive. They were the first WACs to set foot on an...
Title taken from caption. Alan May aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone en route from Unalaska to Seattle. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Passengers and crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of four crewmembers of the U.S.C.G. Bittersweet inspecting a mechanical device (pump?) on the deck of the ship. Also from caption: "Neal, Vicchione, Gay, Vanderberg."
Five Anchorage Garden Club members pose with three Russian sailors during trip to Kodiak, Alaska. From caption: "Over a dozen of our members had the special opportunity to attend the state convention in Kodiak where our own Della Barry, president,...
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.
Title taken from verso. View of three ship's officers standing on the ice pack near open water with a ship in the background. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".