(4:20 min) (18 of 24) 18 Strikes and Seattle in the 1930's
Smith Towers. Strikes caused lots of problems with tourists; they only had limited time and couldn't afford the time loss. The Steward and the Purser would have to work things out...
1 mininute, 7 second, black & white/silent film clip. Images include freight train in Palmer, Palmer Depot, passenger cars, and passengers arriving via train.
31 second film clip, color/silent, of Front street and the shoreline at Kotzebue, Alaska, 1958-1961. The tugboat, Helen Lee, is seen with a walrus carcass on its deck. People are walking on the sidewalk.
42 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Romig Collection, 1931-1934". Film shows a view of the biplane in the snow, men standing in front of the Zenith biplane, and then the plane about to take off. Aircraft N-Number...
55 second film clip, black & white/silent, of Palmer, Alaska showing street scenes, a railroad track, and a horse drawn wagon. Mountains form the background.
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of Matanuska Valley Colony houses and tents at Palmer, Alaska. Scenes include a horse drawn wagon, an automobile, scenes of houses and tents at Palmer (including some under construction) and a train...
8x10 photo. Title from caption. Photograph of ski-mounted Pilgrim 100B plane at Weeks Field. Smoke stacks in a background are from the Chena River Powerplant. Full caption reads:
"Pilgrim 100B --- 750 H P Wright Cyclone Engine. ...
A view of two Signal Corps vans covered in snow alongside several elevated buildings. "Signal Corps U.S. Army" is stenciled on the driver's side door of the first van.
Aerial view of Merrill Field and airport at Anchorage, Alaska, with airplanes on either side of runway and control tower in foreground. Aug. 1970. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".