Title and description taken from photo verso.[I]n April 1989 after
Exxon Valdez went aground on Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, AK, 24 March 1989.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo.
Title and description taken from photo verso. Tanker Exxon Valdez is towed to Naked Island in Prince William Sound April 5, 1989, where it was temporarily repaired. Photo by PAC Ed Moreth, U.S. Coast Guard.
Title and description taken from photo verso. A Coast Guard patrol boat from Station Juneau darts across the bow of the Exxon Valdez as the tanker is towed to Naked Is., Prince William Sound for temporary repairs, April 5 1989. Photo by PAC Ed...
Title and description (except in brackets) from photo verso. [Fishing vessel Alaskan Monarch capsized under a wave that hit the ship.] USCG Storis (WMEC 38) and the 96 - foot crabber Alaskan Monarch. Alaskan Monarch went aground Mar. 15, 1990 on...
Description from photo verso. A Coast Guard rescue helicopter (turbin-powered Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King) from Kodiak prepares to hoist the crew from the ice-beset fishing vessel Alaskan Monarch off St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea March 15, 1990. ...
Title from image. Stern and side view of ship, almost completely above water on reef. Note on verso of postcard: "This was indeed a pitiful sight - she is about 300 ft. long and she lies there so helpless and forlorn."
One letter, undated but assumed to be from November 1918, tells about the flu epidemic, the sinking of the Princess Sophia, and the celebration of the Armistice which ended World War II.