(3:06 min) (04 of 17) Flying business
June '47 bought an airplane and started work mostly near Aniak, Fairbanks, Circle, Fort Yukon wound up in Central. Went to Globe Arizona in the winters to take classes in air mechanic and everything...
(3:47 min.) (28 of 28) 28. 737 200 series
George praises the 737 jets, and describes how much he liked the passengers. They liked him playing the harmonica. George also talked about what it takes to make a great career in the airlines.
(4:47 min.) (14 of 24) 14 Chief Steward's duties Dealt with VIP's. Directed tourists to local attractions such as the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau or Totem Pole Park and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka. Arranged transportation. ...
(5:47 min.) (12 of 24) 12 Steward's duties
John explained how the Steward resupplied in port. Chief steward's responsibilities included personnel matters; alcoholism was sometimes a problem. Steward had to make out the requisitions and...
(6:47 min) (24 of 28) 24. DC-3 training
George met a Pan Am Clipper pilot who set him up for training at LaGuardia Airport. He was leasing a Pan Am DC-3 but the corporate heads cancelled the deal. Bill Conrad was the instructor George went...
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
2 maps on one sheet. 31 x 23 cm. or smaller, on sheet 40 x 47 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Page 87 from H. H. Lloyd & Co.'s Atlas of the United States. Decorative border. In color.
Published by Warner & Beers in [1875?]. Scale is not...
2 maps on one sheet. Shows sailing routes and distances. Relief shown by hachures. From The volume library /Henry W. Ruoff. Components: Map of Alaska -- Map of Hawaii. Page 47. Map of Philippine Islands on verso.
43 X 31 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Inset: Continuation [of Port Levasheff]. Includes notes on navigation, soundings, and tides. "Topography, shorelines, magnetics and most of the soundings, from...
47 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Smith Collection". Film shows men unloading freight from a C-46 at Barter Island. They are using a small crane to remove a large crate from the airplane, the crate is loaded onto a...
47 second, black & white/silent, film clip of someone painting and sealing a boat. This is followed by views of boats on Harding Lake including a canoe, a motor boat, a row boat and a sail boat. It is possible that most of these are the same boat...
47 second, black & white/silent, film clipof earthquake damage in Seward and Kodiak. The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake left the waterfronts devastated -- fires burning, automobiles and other debris floating in the water, ships cast up on shore,...