Two women in hats bend over another woman's head while drying her hair on the steps of the Holland House in Seward, Alaska. Mrs. Burns is seated on the steps and Florence is in the white dress. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/8".
Title taken from verso. Mrs. Burns drying Florence's hair on the front steps of the Holland House in Seward, Alaska. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 2 3/8" x 4 1/16".
Title taken from front. Eleven horses graze along the Alaska Central Railway tracks outside of Seward, Alaska. Photograph number 29. Also from front: "29. A[laska] C[entral] R[ailwa]y. L.N.G." 1908-1909. Photograph number 29. Photographer: Lillie...
Man standing on the railroad tracks in Seward, Alaska. Engine in the background is covered by a shed. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 2 7/16" x 4 3/16".
Spectators watch a fire on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska that started at Sylvia Sexton's shop. Firefighters with hose stand on roofs in background. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
People rescue items from fire that has destroyed at least one building in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
A fireman is on the roof in the back of the building with water hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. Flames are shooting from roof. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
View of the 1935 fire in Seward, Alaska. The fire has leveled one building and another one is on fire. A firehose extends from a fire hydrant across the street to where fire fighters are fighting the fire, as spectators look on. Another person...
As a fire rages on, businesses move their stock out into the street in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
People gather on the street to watch a fire burn in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
A fire truck sits in the middle of the street while a fireman holds a fire hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. In background, spectators watch firemen fight the fire in a building at left. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of...
Five men pose in front of a small building partially constructed of metal sheeting in Seward, Alaska. Split firewood is stacked on either side of the doorway. 1905-1915. Original photograph size: 2 3/16" x 3 1/8".
Forward half of the S. S. Yukon on the rocks of Cape Fairfield near Seward, Alaska. Note the debris in the water. Original size of photograph: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4".
Passengers are assisted into a U.S. Navy launch during rescue operations for the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Glacier Photo Service of Seward, Alaska. G. McCreary. 3 copies." 1946. Photographer: G. McCreary. Original size of...
The U.S.S. Curb, Coast Guard cutter Onandaga, and other rescue boats at the scene of the shipwreck of the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. 1946. Original size of photograph: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4".
Patrol boat 207, a buoy tender, off the wreck of the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. The Coast Guard cutter Onandaga is in the background. 1946. Original size of photograph: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4".
Written on the back of the photographs: Barge that picked up survivors of passengers of S.S. Yukon that broke in two parts - Alaska Gulf. Leo Douglas was on it. Taken near Seward, Alaska. 2 copies. Original size of photographs: 5" x 7" and 8 x 10".