Two minute, 39 second, black & white with audio, film clip. This earthquake footage from Valdez, Alaska, shows Valdez Harbor emptying of water and the tsunami rushing back in. The narration describes the event and how the film was...
Title taken from caption. "Alaska Landing Fairbanks, Alaska". Indexer's note - The riverboat Alaska was running from 1913 to 1927 it was renamed Aksala and ran from 1927 to 1952.
Title taken from caption. View of two men wheeling barrels while working as longshoremen on the docks in Juneau, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area, 1919.
(4:17 min) (08 of 20) Nome was different--seasonal office--King Islanders--Larger territory--lighterage companies--Hireing longshoremen--Lomen Comercial Co.--ship fire--insurance--general average agreements
(4:23 min.) (17 of 20) Shismaref/ cargo unloading-piece hauling problems with fixed tariff--Umiaks with outboard motors--unloading a pick-up truck--George Goshaw--published tariff easy to undercut and regulations on general carriers
32 second, black & white/silent, film clip of loading baggage on a steamer bound for the Klondike. A crowd of people are watching the hoist lift the luggage from the dock to the ship. Horses are pulling a "Rainier Grand Hotel" trolley or...
Title taken from caption. View of the boat "Nimrod" being loaded by a group of men on the dock at Kodiak, Alaska, with a boat beached in the foreground. The schooner "Nimrod" was a 12-horse power schooner that took the expedition back and forth...
Title from sleeve. A young boy walks toward a paved street in Seward. Buildings, automobiles, and utility poles line the street. On the corner is the home of the ILWU Local 139 and Prince Hotel, bar and liquor store. Photographer's number: 9124. 2...
Cyanotype of several men tying the steamboat Salmo to a dock in Southcentral Alaska. The words "Salmo san Francisco" are painted on the stern of the boat. Photograph taken during the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition led by Edwin F. Glenn on...
Title taken from caption. " Sarah " S. S. Cataloguer's note: This is a view of Steam Ship Sarah at dock; crew and passangers can be seen standing on the deck of the ship. Photo size 4 x 6 .
(4:46 min.) (06 of 24) 06 Other tasks Besides doing the cooking and cleaning, the steward was baker, butcher, nurse, waiter, and, on some trips, musician. Cargo handling included shipping the dead; some wouldn't touch the coffins. Was...
(4:32 min.) (07 of 24) 07 Steward section
Sometimes so short of help he was able to get 16 hours and more overtime. During the off season, did painting and carpentry for the company.
(4:35 min.) (20 of 24) 19 Labor negotiations
The steamship companies retained lawyers to negotiate. Alaska Steamship Co. had Bogo, Bogo and Gates to represent them. Some of the smaller companies would represent themselves. John had a good...