Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
57 second film clip, black & white/silent, organized like a film newsreel. The title on the film reads "Educational Film Corporation of America"; the first scene is "Matanuska Junction -- Crossing", and shows the river, tents, and men walking...
A group of tourist walk along railroad tracks in Kennecott Copper Mine area in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "From 1913 to 1938 these tracks were used to haul copper ore from Kennecott [sic] down to McCarthy and then on to Cordova, where it was...
Men from Revenue Cutter at drill on the railroad dock in Seward, Alaska. 1910-1913. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Photograph shows two railroad employees, one in uniform, standing on the boards of an Alaska Railroad motor car that is parked on the railway track. Several other men, possibly railroad construction workers, are visible to the right of the...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
A group of people waiting on a dock. Four people, two men and two women, appear to be posing for the photograph and the others seem to be people passing by. A large cleat for tying up ships is visible. Also railroad rails...
Title from caption in album. CRN Railway "Million Dollar Bridge" over Copper River near Cordova. Steel rails and steel girders are shown in perspective. [Officially known as the Miles Glacier Bridge.]
Title from caption. Photograph shows an inventory of railroad rails next to a railroad track in Nenana, Alaska, on June 29th, 1917. Caption also reads: "No.42. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".
Title from caption. Photograph shows men standing on a ridge above a cut being dug for a railroad track. Caption also reads: "No. 74. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E. C.".