Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Third tidal wave hits the Naval Station with 30 feet overflow from the area's low tide mark. Hangar #1 gets thorough tidal saturation. For immediate release official U. S. Navy photograph....
Group portrait of small children and babies with three adults standing in front U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Tidal Station on the Fourth of July in Seward, Alaska. Girls in front row hold gun and flag. Sign on building reads: "U.S. Coast & Geodetic...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "First tidal wave, which crested at 22 feet above the area's low tide mark, deluged the Station ramp which leads into Old Woman's Bay. Hangar #3 and the northern slope of Old Woman's...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Emergency Powerhouse displays the oily water line when the tide came in behind the station administration building 3/27/64. For immediate release official U. S. Navy photograph. Public...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Kodiak Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/28/64". One view of the wreckage in downtown Kodiak. Collapsed buildings and strewn-about lumber are in the foreground. A man...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Kodiak Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/27/64". The fishing boat "Yukon", grounded by the tidal wave, sits tipped over amid the wreckage. Kraft's Store is visible in...
Note accompanying photo reads: "Kodiak's fishing fleet two hours before the earthquake and its accompanying tidal waves struck. The four successive waves demolished the piers and swept away the boats, with some maneuvered to safer coves by their...
Full comments from verso read: "HQ AAC -- TIDAL WAVE DAMAGE -- Inrushing seas at Seward, Alaska, following the Good Friday earthquake, accounted for more damage than the 'quake itself. Here, a gigantic 200 ton diesel switch...
"HQ AAC -- TOSSED BY TIDAL WAVE -- A Seward, Alaska, police car lies amid the wreckage of the community, left there by tidal wave action which occurred shortly after the Good Friday earthquake, which severely damaged the...
Title taken from accompanying notes. "Kodiak AK., following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/29/64 (Aerial Photo)". View of a Kodiak waterfront hit by the tidal wave. Behind the road stand several houses surrounded entirely by water,...
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.
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Mass Destruction -- Many small boats from the Seward dock area paid an unexpected visit to the Alaskan Railroad yards during the Good Friday earthquake. Here the area is shown littered with the remains...
Seward, Alaska, following the Alaska Earthquake and tidal wave 3/27/64. A close up view of the oil tanks. At least one oil tank has fallen on its side. In the foreground is what appears to be an oil tank rail car. Title taken from notes with...
Title taken from notes with photo. Seward Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/29/64. A close up view of the oil tanks after and property damage after earthquake. One tank lies on its side; the nearby ground is littered with...
Title taken from back of photo. HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Fleet Demolished -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages during the tidal wave that swept coastal Alaskan communities shortly...
Title taken from note with photo. "Building left stranded after the Tidal Wave in Seward Ak., 3/27/64." Image of a house partly submerged, possibly floating, in water.