Shows commercial, Army, Navy, and other U. S. Government reservations. Shows aviation fields with list of locations. Shows locations for government offices, railroads, military cables, Native schools and reservations, hospitals, and reindeer...
A crowd at the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) Hall gather during a dance given for a Navy ship docked in Seward, Alaska. ca. 1930-1935. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Navy troops parade down Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Possibly the crew of the U. S. C. Maryland which docked in Seward July 30, 1912. Original photograph size: 5 3/8" x 3 3/8".
Passengers are assisted into a U.S. Navy launch during rescue operations for the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Glacier Photo Service of Seward, Alaska. G. McCreary. 3 copies." 1946. Photographer: G. McCreary. Original size of...
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Includes tides table and sailing directions. Chart No. 704. "Surveyed in 1879 under the direction of Commodore W.D. Whiting U.S.N. chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, by the...
Verso: Ceremony commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the transfer of Alaska to U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard stands in front of a group of Tlingit, U.S. Navy sailors and civilians during a celebration of the anniversary of the purchase of...
Group photograph of Alaska Natives with Army and Navy Personnel. Some of the group sit on furniture and some sit on caribou skin rugs. A pennent on the wall notes the Anchorage B.S.A. 2nd Alaskan Air Encampment. May be Alaska Territorial Guard...
Group of about 50 people pose outside a building for a winter photograph. The military men appear to be from the U.S. Navy. This is possibly a photograph of the Barrow, Alaska ATG [Alaska Territorial Guard].
"Picture number 3. That's Pan Am's winter uniform up there. We had a seal skin cap and regular navy overcoat and everything. Of course when it got cold we had parkas and everything to go over it."
"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.
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows people standing on a Navy ship. Caption from finding aid reads "February 1949 Navy in Juneau sub port". Location is Juneau, Alaska.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows people standing on and around three Navy ships at port. Caption from finding aid reads "Navy 1949 Juneau". Location is Juneau, Alaska.
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Title from verso. Photograph of a gunner watching for enemy aircraft duing the landing of men and equipment on an island in the Aleutian chain. Verso reads: "United States Army troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof...
Title from verso. Photograph of troops U. S. Army troops landing on the beach of one of the Aleutian Islands. Verso reads: United States Army Troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof Island Group in the Aleutians, only 125...