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.
Captain Emmons, United States Navy, was the commanding officier of the U.S.S Ossipee and was present at the transfer ceremony of Alaska from Russia to the United States on October 18, 1867.
[For complete ship's log from the voyage of the...
Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon, Admiralty Island, 1878-1911 when the Navy was in charge of the territory. Two letters and the "lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. Adams in 1882; also mentions the...
Portrait of Captain Bernard, sitting at desk with pen and paper Accompanying biographical information: sailed schooner, TEDDY BEAR, along the northern coast; later settled in Cordova and became the harbor master
Group portrait of twelve women on deck, with ship's officer standing in the middle; a lifeboat hangs behind the women, mountains in background Printed from original glass-plate negative
Title from image caption Three men pose for portrait; Native children and adults in background; Captain Whitlam and William Greenfield were officers of the NORTH STAR
Title from image caption Three men pose for portrait; Native children and adults in background; Captain Whitlam and William Greenfield were officers of the NORTH STAR
Hirst-Chichagof mine manager, Sorensen, stands with his wife and another man, holding paper money, on steamboat's deck; ship's captain? looks on from pilothouse window
Tinted photograph Information provided in verso notes: Building behind flag-draped car is Golden Gate Hotel, Nome; men in car are Judge G.J. Lornen; Capt. Roald Amundsen; Capt. Sochtan, U.S.C.G. "Bear," George S. Maynard, editor, "Nome...