From back of photo: "Elmendorf AFB [Air Force Base] 5040th transportation Sq. [squadron] assists the recovery program in the Turnagain area Anchorage, following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64." Title from additional notes: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC...
Glacier Photo Service, Seward, Alaska is stamped on the back of the photograph. Aerial view of the wreck of the S. S. Yukon (center) and the rescue and salvage fleet near Seward, Alaska. Original size of photograph: 4" x 5".
Note with photo reads: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Over 20 Air Force vehicles and men from Elmendorf AFB, along with a multitude of civilian volunteers spent several days shortly after the Good Friday earthquake assisting...
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...
People sit or stand in what appears to be a waiting room. Title taken from note with photo: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska Overland buses following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64".
The CYANE was designed to intercept "rum runners" during prohibition years; prohibition ended before she was put into service; however, her design proved effective for other Coast Guard missions
The U.S.S. Curb, Coast Guard cutter Onandaga, and other rescue boats at the scene of the shipwreck of the S.S. Yukon near Seward, Alaska. 1946. Original size of photograph: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4".
Title by cataloger. Evacuees, including a woman holding a young child, disembark from their bus. Notes with photo read: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska Overland buses following the Alaska...
Title from accompanying notes. "Work topside pulling climbers out of the crevasse. Herb Staley, big man in red to left in image, had mountain rescue knowledge and supervised the rescue operation." Men working with ropes and preparations for...
Title from accompanying notes. Four mountain men: one is working with a camera, two are working with long lengths of rope. Two men have cigarettes in their mouths.
Title from attached caption. Photograph of a soldier and a civilian helping a refugee child off a bus following the 1964 earthquake and resulting tsunami.
Full caption reads: " Evacuees Arrive In Fairbanks. Citizens of Valdez arrived by bus...
Title from sleeve. Ketchikan firemen practice rescues by tossing a crewman on a trampoline. Ladder truck parked behind. Houses and cars in a parking lot visible in distance. 2 1/4 B&W negative.