(4:10 min.) (08 of 08) Living on a ship and coming back to port steam vessels -- engineer on tug boat; steam -- not as economical; life on a freighter; diesel -- machine shops; Alaska Steam -- shorter trips; more days off; repair and clean-up --...
Title by indexer. Photograph of one man working on the engine of a truck, while another gets snow chains attached to a rear tire. This photograph is a part of a series that was taken during the construction of the Alaska Highway.
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
One minute, 26 second, color/silent, film clip of unloading vehicles and troops. From the film "Report from the Aleutians", directed and narrated by John Huston while he was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Three riverboats appear to have been lashed together. Oarsmen are on each end of the boat. Presumably the boats are taken downriver by the current and the oarsmen are able to steer the assemblage of boats so as to...
Title from collection notes. Loading dock on left, ocean on right, man approaching photographer on beach. [A building near the dock seems to read "Lacey"; the boat being loaded reads "North Coast".]
Title taken from accompanying notes. "Operation 'Helping [Hand]' helping the small villages with medicine, food, and clothing following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64".
Title supplied by cataloger. Three airplanes on skis and a loaded truck on a snow-covered air field. The marking on the truck read "Pioneer Express". At least six men present including the truck. Fuel drums are visible just beyond the first...
Title supplied by cataloger. At least six people, one truck, and two airplanes on a snowy field. Two people are in the truck, and the other four are standing near the plane in the foreground. The back of the truck is loaded with bags.