From 1932 until 1941, when she was transferred to the Coast Guard, the NORTH STAR, sturdy service vessel of Office of Indian Affairs, sailed from Seattle to points north, making 50 stops on the outbound journey to Barrow and also stopping in St....
Title taken from front. Crew and Captain Louis Lane aboard whaler Belvedere, Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Title taken from verso. View of Captain Glasscock on board the United States Navy transport S.S. Henderson at an unknown location. Photographer's number 345. Sept. 18, 1923. Photographers: C.J. Blanchard and Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 6...
Title taken from collection notes. "Capt. Green preparing to run out a line." A man stands in a small boat, perhaps a lighter or a lifeboat, while others lower a spool of rope to him.
Title taken from collection notes. "Capt. Green in work boat." The Captain stands in the bow, pushing with an oar. Two others sit, rowing the boat, which holds a spool of rope. The side of the boat reads: "Str Reliance Work Boat". The...
Title taken from caption. View of Captain George W. Wester looking up at the sails of his ship, the Pactolus. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1918.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. A.F. "Gus" Nyman, captain of the "Nimrod", smoking a pipe at the wheel of his ship. Caption also says: "Captain Nyman of the Nimrod at the wheel." Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area,...
Title taken from caption. Possibly offshore from Amlia Island. View of Captain H.W. Stinchcomb, of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne, displaying a bald eagle. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "The Captain and some of the crew came ashore to...
Title taken from caption. The Captain of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone assisting with excavations at Amaknak. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Captain J. Trebes, Jr., and crew from 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. View of Harold Cowper, Alan May, and Captain H.W. Stinchcomb aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne. They preparing to load launches with supplies for their stay on Amchitka Island. Photograph taken during the 1938...