Group of people gathered around table as woman prepares to cut cake during party for 714th Railway Operating Battalion, United States Army, in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "The cake says: 714 RRB 714 Railway Batallion [Battalion]." ca. 1944....
"Eskimo Scouts received awards Saturday from Alaska Governor William A. Egan (left). Gov. Egan prepares to present the Eisenhower trophy for the state's most outstanding National Guard unit to Sgt. George Whitman, Mekoryuk, representing Co. B, 2nd...
Men (some in uniform) standing behind table laid out with food and drink during "New York Night" held by USO at Community Hall in Anchorage, Alaska. From caption: "The food was excellent prepared by the chefs of the Railway Battalion [714th Railway...
Title taken from verso. View of Nike missile being fired from Site Summit satellite missile launching pad above Anchorage, Alaska, by Battery B, 4th Missile Battalion, 43rd Artillery, U.S. Army, out of Fort Richardson. Photograph number...
Title taken from front. Members of the U.S. Cruiser Maryland perform a battalion drill for an audience in Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "S. Sexton." 1913. Photographer: S. Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title from verso. A group of soldiers from Battery "E" pose for a photograph in front of an army tent at Fort Raymond, Seward. Battery "E" was in the 205th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) Battalion (renamed the 420th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft)...
From caption: "H[ead]q[uarters] B[at]t[e]ry 1st B[attalio]n 250th C[oast] A[rtillery], Sitka 1941." View of soldiers of the Headquarters Battery, First Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery standing at attention for an inspection in Sitka, Alaska,...
Title from verso Pvts. L. H. Lucas, M. H. Winston, and O. L. Braflord, of the Port Labor Battalion, grouped around a fire on the beach at Massacre Bay, waiting to unload another landing barge. This was their first warmth in five days ...
From verso: "Governor Ernest Gruening presents Eisenhower Trophy to men of Company D. Sitka, during battalion review of 208th Infantry Battalion, on Governor's Day at Juneau. Provost Marshal Lt. Verne Metcalf accompanies the governor."
Title taken from front. Sailors from the naval cruiser Maryland are marching up 4th Avenue in Seward, Alaska for the Fourth of July. 1913. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
The Edward L. Creamer Papers consist of one memoir titled "A Dogface in Alaska: Surveying and Surviving," with digital print copies of 190 photographs. The memoir details Creamer’s experiences as topographic computer with U. S. Army’s 551st...
"Rifle practice at twenty below zero. Members of the 1st Scout Battalion of the Alaska National Guard on the rifle range during the Guard's Encampment at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Alaska guardsmen must be prepared to fight in all kinds of weather."
Verso: First Sergeant Kermin Gutierrez receives the Eisenhower Trophy from Governor Ernest Gruening on behalf on Company D. of the 208th Infantry Battalion (Sep) during Governor's Day review at Juneau subport. The Sitka unit is the first Alaska...
Title taken from creator's notes. Notes read: These are the members of the Six Mile Baseball team. The emblem behind the team is the insignia for the Ordnance Battalion. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
From verso: Shown left to right, reviewing the 208th Infantry Battalion on Governor's Day, are Lt. Col. Dwight W. Dean, Governor Ernest Gruening, and Col. L. Lars Johnson, Alaska National Guard