Title taken from caption. Appears to be the U.S. Navy destroyer McCall. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Title from verso. Photograph of a submarine docking at Dutch Harbor, while an honor guard waits on the pier. Verso reads: "Vulnerable. -- Dutch Harbor, the Navy's oldest base in the Aleutian Islands, has been reduced to "care-taker"...
Mount Katmai, Alaska. Information from original photograph: "Headquarters, 17th Naval District Kodiak, Alaska. Shown in the above picture is the southeast wall of inactive Katmai Crater in the center. Background is Knife Peak. The picture was taken...
Title taken from caption "U.S.S. Louisville scout plane." View of a severviceman standing on top of the wings of a scout plane from the U.S.S. Louisville. The side of the plane is bearing the markings "5-CS-13 Louisville" and "U.S. Navy". There is...
Title taken from caption. " U. S. Transport 'Burnside' arriving at Valdez, Sept. 25, 1904 with Valdez-Sitka marine cable." Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G45. Reproduced from glass plates.
Title from verso. Highly doctored photograph of a U. S. Navy warship bombarding Attu Island. Original may have been overexposed and darkened for better visibility. Verso reads: "Confirmation that the big ones were in action came for the...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Seabees work in near 100 mile per hour winds and sub-freezing temperatures to put portable boilers into operation to supply heat to Navy housing aboard the U. S. Naval Station, Kodiak,...
Title taken from front. The U.S. Cruiser Maryland arrived in Seward, Alaska with a crew of 810 on July 30, 1912. Naval staff from the Maryland investigated the Alaskan coal reserves while in port. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Title from verso. Two men stand with tents along a ridge on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Silhouetted against leaden sea and sky, two American servicemen stand on the snow-covered ground of Amchitka Island occupied jointly by Army and...
Title from verso. Four sailors walk across the mud of Adak. Verso reads: "It may not look like a main stem to you, but this is "Main Street" to the men at Uncle Sam's base at Adak, in the Aleutians. Here, four sailors slosh through the mud...
Title taken from caption. Ship's drill aboard the U.S. Navy cargo ship Sirius. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a ship's drill aboard the U.S. Navy cargo ship Sirius. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the shipwrecked minesweeper USS Swallow. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the buildings and radio towers of the U.S. Navy radio station on Woody Island, Alaska. Caption also says: "The wireless station on Woody Island. U.S. Navy outfit and station for Katmai." Photo taken during National...