Pilot and crew pose in front of Loening OL-8 amphibian used in the U.S. Navy's photo-mapping expedition over the Tongass National Forest; five men in flight suits hold large aerial survey cameras
Title from image caption Photographer's number 3106 Mariposa, built in 1883, was in service with the Alaska Steamship Company when she struck a rock ledge in Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, in 1915
Title from image caption Photographer's number 3108 Mariposa, built in 1883, was in service with the Alaska Steamship Company when she struck a rock ledge in Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, in 1915
The WACHUSETT was built for service with the United States Coast Guard; between 1946 and 1948, she was homeported at Juneau, Alaska, and patrolled the Bering Sea
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
Undated photograph of one of the Canadian Pacific Railway's coastal steamers, which provided passenger service to coastal communities for 80 years; PRINCESS MARGUERITE was built for the Triangle Run between between Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria
In 1932, Goddard, according to the teacher's report was "a post office, hotel, and health resort. The hot springs here are noted for their medical values. The school is situated 3/4 of a mile southeast of the hotel. The Forest Service maintains a...
Title from verso Dixon was a field collector who came to Alaska in 1907 and 1908, primarily to collect birds for the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley; after leaving the museum after 1931, he went to work for the National Park Service
From verso: "People, autos, trucks, and even boats board the Alaska State Ferry system at Prince Rupert in Canada's British Columbia en route for an Inside Passage trip to and through the Alaska panhandle. Ferry being loaded here is the TAKU, one...
Title from caption with negative Newly constructed boat on beach; men in uniform [Park Service?] take part in ceremonial christening; one man is about to break a bottle on the bow See also MS236-265-28
Title taken from image. The TAHN [Tlingit word meaning sea lion] on the left and smaller boat tied up along rocky, forested shore. Six men are on the porch of the wanagan, or houseboat.