First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Title from accompanying notes. "9 April. Bamboo, Al Randall (expedition leader), and Pete are making a sign to welcome the main party of expedition members to the Russell Glacier. We were toasting the arrival of Bamboo and Al with a little...
Title from caption in photo album. Full Caption reads: "The Alaskan Polar Bear Hockey Team 1 Pat O'Neill 'Alaska's native son' (Trainer) 2 Glen Franklin 'We GOT to win this game fellows' (Manager) 3 Doc. L. L. Hufman 'Judge of scotch'...
Title taken from caption. View of three men in a small boat bringing mail ashore at Scotch Cap, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1918.
Title taken from front. View of lighthouse and buildings at Scotch Cap, Alaska on Bering Sea. 1920's. Photographer: Alaska Shop. Postcard. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 7/8".
Title taken from verso. Aerial view, showing total destruction of facility. During an earthquake and tidal wave [tsunami] of April 1, 1946, Scotch Cap Lighthouse was destroyed. All five crewmen at the station were killed.