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 taken from verso. Verso reads: "13 Feb 75. DACW 85-75-C-0026. Tanana River Bank Prot. Dragline exc. plug @ sta 20. Clark." Image shows work being performed by a dragline excavator in February under Army Corps of Engineers contract...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from caption: "Alabama Horse Scow Navigation Co. on the Iditarod River." Written on the verso, "This picture shows the mode of getting freight up the small streams. No wonder that flour costs $15 a sack, spuds 20 cts. [cents] a lb. [pound],...
Full note reads: "1948 10 Bobby Jo Crabaugh - Nancy Crabaugh with our dog, Kobuk on the school grounds @ Shungnak, Alaska. With the Brooks Range in the background."
Full note reads: "1948 11 Eskimo Grade school girls with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. This was taken on the playground on the north side and the Kobuk River is on the right side of the picture."
Full note reads: "1948 11 Local Shungnak Eskimo students with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. I was the second person on the left in the spotted parka."
Full note reads: "1942 02 Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh - Charles Quentin Crabaugh with our dog Kobuk on the school grounds @ Shungnak. The flag pole in the background."
Full note reads: "1949 03 Football on Kobuk River below the school house @ Shungnak, AK. This was a favorite pastime for all of the kids. We would play on the river in the winter until well after midnight most...
Full note reads: "1949 03 Mail plane on the river @ Shungnak, AK. Nancy (Cone) Crabaugh on the left by the tail - My sister, Bobby Jo to the right, the pilot, My dad, Charles Quentin and myself, Charles Jesse...