Aerial view of Seward, Alaska looking west from the opposite side of Resurrection Bay. Note that Lowell Creek has been diverted to the waterfall at far left. The Standard Oil storage tanks (at left) are painted as part of the World War II...
Title taken from verso. This photo was taken before the U.S. entered World War II (1941) in Seward, Alaska, although the quote on the back of photo says " The Veteral Liner Yukon, as she appeared in Resurrection Bay just before going to her doom on...
Jewel Guard Hall at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. Children are gathered on steps and car is parked at left. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." 1945-1955. Original photograph size: 4" x...
Goode Hall at the Jesse Lee Home complex at Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. 1945-1955. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
View of the Balto building at the Jesse Lee Home complex in Seward, Alaska, with World War II camouflaging. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1945-1955. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
The Eastern Arcade, linking the Balto building and Goode Hall of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. Note the World War II camouflaging and the Mile "0" Iditarod Trail monument at right front. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce, Seward, Alaska, Box...
Sixteen young boys sit on the steps of Jewel Guard Hall at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. Note the World War II camouflage trees painted on the building in left background. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce, Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca....
Manuscript map. Shows Krenitzin's and Levashev's voyage from Kamchatka to the Fox Islands in 1768 and 1769, and was purportedly secured from Catherine II by or for the Scottish historian William Robertson by his friend Dr. Rogerson, the Empress's...
Five maps on one sheet. Relief shown by pictorially and by hachures. Components: I. La Carte manuscrite de l'Amerique de Mathieu Neron Pecci olen dressee a Florence en 1604. -- II. Sanson 1656. --III. De l'Isle Amerique Sept. 1700. -- IV. Le...
Relief shown pictorially. From Hydrographie Francoise, vol. II, no. 56, Paris, 1755. Remarks section includes legend to coloration of the map: Possessions of French outlined in blue, of English in yellow, and of Spanish in red. Longitude in...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Rettet til 1895 99. IV 02 VX 03 II 07 IX." Includes inset. "Nr. 146." Annotated with voyage route in red. Stamped by K. Sokaart Archiv with date: 31 Mar. 09. 94 x 63...
Shows Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound, with tracks of Cook's third voyage. Selective relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings. Possibly copied from the Harrison version printed in Cook's Third Voyage, Vol. II, pg. 353. 21 x 28...
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Edition of February, 1890." Annotated with voyage routes and location dates in pencil. Annotation upper left margin: Schr. E. Hans. 118 x 79 cm.
"And this is number 6, and we have a number of pilots here. Yea that was a group of pilots that flew the navy contract operation out the Aleutians during WWII.
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.