A girl sticks out her tongue while a Red Cross nurse appears to look at her throat. Behind them, others have thermometers in their mouths. Notes with photo read: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska...
A mother and children appear to wait in a waiting room. Two paper cups bear the sign of the American Red Cross. Title taken from note with photo. "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska Overland...
An aerial view of downtown Anchorage. Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took...
From back of photo: "Elmendorf AFB [Air Force Base] 5040th transportation Sq. [squadron] assists the recovery program in the Turnagain area Anchorage, following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64." Title from additional notes: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC...
Note accompanying photo reads: "Kodiak Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 2/28/64". A fishing boat by the name [Quagil] Juneau is seen at the shore, lying on its side. A destroyed building is in the foreground.
Note accompanying photo reads: "Kodiak's fishing fleet two hours before the earthquake and its accompanying tidal waves struck. The four successive waves demolished the piers and swept away the boats, with some maneuvered to safer coves by their...
Note with photo reads: "Four members of Elmendorf's 5040th Supply Sq. [squadron] shift cases of supplies from a damaged warehouse to an undamaged area. (They are from left to right: A2c Thomas Bedell, Tsgt. James R. Ramsey A2c Richard Blanks, and...
Note with photo reads: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- FIRST BOX -- The first box of toys to be flown into Anchorage for distribution to needy Alaskan children displaced by the Good Friday earthquake is unloaded from an Alaska...
Note with photo reads: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Over 20 Air Force vehicles and men from Elmendorf AFB, along with a multitude of civilian volunteers spent several days shortly after the Good Friday earthquake assisting...
Note with photo reads: "Members of Elmendorf's 5040th Supply Sq. [Squadron] begin to dismantle shelving in a damaged warehouse, EAFB [Elmendorf Air Force Base] Alaska, following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64".
People sit or stand in what appears to be a waiting room. Title taken from note with photo: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska Overland buses following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64".
Seward, Alaska, following the Alaska Earthquake and tidal wave 3/27/64. A close up view of the oil tanks. At least one oil tank has fallen on its side. In the foreground is what appears to be an oil tank rail car. Title taken from notes with...
Title by cataloger. Evacuees, including a woman holding a young child, disembark from their bus. Notes with photo read: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska Overland buses following the Alaska...
Title by cataloger. A close up view of the oil tanks after the earthquake. The damage can be seen in the way the tank in the foreground is bent and leaning to the right. Accompanying notes read: "Seward Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake...
Notes from verso read: "Military personnel and civilians gaze from the doorway of the Switzerland Inn in Valdez. This shot was taken minutes after a sizeable aftershock which resulted in the oil tanks along the waterfront...
Title from accompanying notes. "Anchorage Ak., Turnagain area following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64 (aerial photo)". Captions read: "US Army Mohawk Photography" and "Anchorage, Alaska, United States Army, Alaska. (Army Mohawk Aircraft...
Title from accompanying notes. "Waiting for the final word on when the planes [would] arrive to evacuate the people of Valdez ak. to Glennallen Ak., prior to being taken to Glennallen, following the Alaska [Earthquake] 3/28/64". A crowd of men...
Title from attached caption. Photograph of a soldier and a civilian helping a refugee child off a bus following the 1964 earthquake and resulting tsunami.
Full caption reads: " Evacuees Arrive In Fairbanks. Citizens of Valdez arrived by bus...