(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
(5:24 min.) (16 of 20) AK steam and NC co easy targets for dislike/canneries--accused of too high rates--NC co accused of too high prices--Alaska steam charged a tariff rate/charters charged per day--many ports would not make a profit each...
(5:01 min.) (11 of 24) 11 Supplying the Steward's department
Before the ship even dropped anchor, the Steward would send an order to the purchasing agent who would begin getting supplies for the next trip. Bought in large quantities. ...
(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...
(5:35 min.) (08 of 24) 08 Spring preparations. Rust preventation on ship. Liked to work on the SS Aleutian -- a nice ship and a fast one. Assistant Steward assisted passengers, cleaned cabins before the next passengers were brought aboard,...
(5:54 min.) (16 of 24) 16 Passengers Dropped off Father Hubbard and his assistant, Sam Levenson [?] (later mayor of Irvine, CA). They climbed Mt. Katmai. Engine room boy served as alter boy. John Ford rode the ship; he was a good enough...
Title taken from front. Group of men in uniform inside quonset hut used as chapel during Midnight Mass at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Christmas Eve. Also from front: "IPF36329 1-1 12-24 2400 105A." Dec. 24, 1944. Original photograph...
Title taken from front. Group of men in uniform inside quonset hut used as chapel during Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, with altar and priest in center background. Also from front: "IPF36329 1-2 12-24 2400...
Sign for Earthquake Park, where huge tracts of land slid into the Inlet during 1964 Alaska Earthquake, in Anchorage, Alaska. Seal with totem pole and Alaska flag at left. Sign reads: "Alaska Purchase Centennial 1867-1967. Earthquake Park. 'And...
Group photo of contestants for Chugiak Spring Festival queen contest in Chugiak, Alaska. May 24, 1954. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
View of both sides of medal commemorating Alaska Festival of Music, Anchorage, Alaska. Writing on sides of medal reads: "Alaska Festival of Music 1960" (picturing pair of hands with conducting baton) and "The seal of the state of Alaska" (picturing...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
Title and description taken from verso. These people were all participants in a large potlatch that was held in Sitka in December of 1904. They are wearing a variety of ceremonial clothing for the occasion, including: hats trimmed with beads,...
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
Title taken from caption. A crewmember from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa climbs across a ladder toward a timber trestle and the dock in the deserted mining town of Latouche, site of the former Beatson mine of the Kennecott Copper...