Title taken from front of left photo (G1570). Panoramic view of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad bridge construction site over Hurricane Gulch in Southcentral Alaska. Dotted line indicates future bridge site. Also from front of G1570: "A.E.C....
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission construction site during excavation of bridge pier on Susitna River in Southcentral Alaska, with partially constructed buildings in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1545." An...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission construction crew at work in canyon at miles 282-283 of Alaska Northern Railway in Southcentral Alaska, with workers and railroad car on tracks. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1567." An...
Title taken from verso. View of crew making modifications to "Colville Queen" ACV (air cushion vehicle) at Yukon River during bridge and Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Nov. 25, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original...
Title taken from front. Alaska Engineering Commmission dredge "Sperm" being launched on Knik Arm, Anchorage, Alaska at low tide. Also from front: "A.E.C. G868." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G868. May 25, 1918....
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Railroad locomotive on new dock, Knik Arm, Anchorage, Alaska. Dredge and pile driver are at end of dock in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G897." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a gravel bluff at mile 373.25. A man and a horse stand next to a cart on the railroad track. Caption also reads: "No. 110. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Title from caption. Photograph shows a pile driver driving piles at the Nenana crossing at mile 373.25, on April 4th, 1918. Caption also reads: "No. 109, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of the wharves of Skagway during an extreme high tide. A lumber mill is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Shewing our sawmill at left, & railroad track in 1901 during an extraordinary high tide - our wharf in...
(5:17 min) (01 of 25) Start in Alaska shipping Alaska Steamship Company; California -- moved from; trucking business; Vancouver, British Columbia; vacation ; fishing boat; June -- 1948; Prince Rupert Island; Ketchikan; employment; salmon --...
(4:51 min) (02 of 25) Personal background
office work; Valdez; Ketchikan; steamship company -- like family; spirit of adventure; Alaska Steam -- important community; changes; Fairbanks; Alaska Railroad; competition; freight
(4:15 min.) (07 of 25) Ship stories ship; anchor; Neilson, Chris; near disaster; Native hospital; bill collecting; travel; box of money -- 20 dollar bills
(4:22 min.) (09 of 25) Small town lifestyle people -- friendly; people -- helpful; longshoreman -- generous; museum; Captain Valdez -- pictures; Captain Cordova -- pictures; Ambassador of Spain; potlatch