United States military personnel examine the wreck of the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. Sign on ship reads: "No admittance." 1946. Original size of photograph: 8" x 10".
(2:44 min) (14 of 27) Assistance from the community
Alaska Road Commission built roads with the assistance of local miners. The miners would volunteer their time, fuel, and equipment.
(2:17 min) (04 of 04) Reorganizing after the earthquake. earthquake\ cabin -- sank\ cabin -- Army style\ four-wheelers\ Williams Creek\ Edwards, Sigurd\ Francis, Ernest\ strawberries
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Title taken from caption. " Snap shot of first and second ambulance from the third ambulance headed for Valdez with men wounded by Northwestern Ry. Marshals [sic] in Keystone Canyon, Sept. 25, 1907. "
Title taken from notes on the back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Curious Cargo -- Steel poles for the earthquake stricken community of Seward, Alaska, are offloaded from an Air Force C-123 'Provider' from the...
Title taken from notes with photo. "Small boats being unloaded in Seward Alaska to aid in recovery of the operation in the water front area following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/28/64."
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Heavy Cargo -- Civil Defense members of the earthquake stricken community of Seward strain to shift some of the heavy cargo airlifted into the area by men and...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "April 6 -- Transportation vehicles ranging from dog sleds to military aircraft were used by the American Red Cross in transporting emergency relief supplies and personnel into Alaskan...
Title taken from accompanying note. "'C rations' being unloaded at the ACS building at Valdez Ak., following the Alaska [Earthquake] 3/28/64". Two soldiers and one other man unload boxes from the back of a pickup truck. The man in the middle...
Title from verso. "In the winter of 1942-43, Sir Hubert Wilkins, celebrated Arctic explorer, visited Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, to help solve some of the problems that arose in pushing lend-lease planes through to Russia during one of the...
Territorial Department of Public Welfare staff pose for a group photo on the steps of the capitol building in Juneau. From verso: "Sitting: Henry A. Harmon, Director. First Row: Ruth Cameron, Nan Blaha, Phoebe Virgin, Sadie Billis, Alice...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Cover title: Kroll's pocket map and traveler's guide of Alaska and Yukon, a complete roadhouse and trail guide showing all the latest information regarding railways, wagon roads, highways, waterways and trails; also the correct location of all...
Shows locations of vessels "Investigator," "Resolute," "Assistance," and "North Star" and extent of provisions. Includes legend. "Brought from Melville Island by Capt. J. Bernier, C.G.S. "Arctic". "(sgd) Geo. F. McDougall, Master, H.M.S....
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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