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.
Album of 53 photographs from the Swain family's 12-day trip to Alaska aboard the S. S. ALASKA. Beginning at Pier 42 in Seattle, the images show highlights of travel through the Inside Passage to Seward and then to Anchorage by train. Shore...
An Army tugboat seen close to the wreck of the S.S. Yukon after the storm near Seward, Alaska. The U.S.S. Curb and a Coast Guard boat are further out. From verso: "Glacier Photo Service, Seward, Alaska." 1946. Original size of photograph: 8" x 10".
At far left, tender S.S. "Holland", submarines (l to r) BASS(SS-164), BONITA(SS-165), BARRACUDA(SS-163), NAUTILUS(SS-168), NARWHAL(SS-167). The mill of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company in the background.
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.
Captain Emmons, United States Navy, was the commanding officier of the U.S.S Ossipee and was present at the transfer ceremony of Alaska from Russia to the United States on October 18, 1867.
[For complete ship's log from the voyage of the...
Caption: "Every year, ships coming north have to work through ice, taking chances to get through to the places they want to go. This is the sailing vessel S. S. HOLMES, which carries our freight from Seattle to Barrow. This picture was taken around...
Cyanotype photograph of the steamboat "S.S. Perry" tied off on a beach on Knik Arm. A ladder is propped against the side of the boat; two small boats are pulled up on the beach alongside the Perry. Several crew members are visible on the boat and...
Cyanotype portrait of Captain Lane (left) and 1st Lieutenant John S. Kulp of Expedition No. 3, the Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition, standing on the deck of the S.S. Valencia in 1898. Captain Lane appears to hold a cigar, while John S. Kulp wears...
Cyantoytpe of two men, identified in the caption as Captain Moore (left) and 'Cappy' (right) on board the deck of the S. S. Wolcott in Resurrection Bay in 1898. Ship equipment and rigging is scattered on deck. Photograph taken during the 1898...