"A water power saw mill, the brain child of Jack Scheele. This was arranged, that a small log could be set in the log cradle, the water turned in the race to the water wheel, that in turn operated the affair that when the slab had been sawn off...
Title by indexer, taken from verso. Verso reads: "Bonfire, fall 1928, left Marion Boswell, right Olga Strandberg." Image shows two young women standing by piles of kindling that are arranged in a teepee shape for burning. Behind the women...
Title taken from photograph. Photo taken from deck of ship. Image shows the Taku Glacier 1910-1912. Written on the page of the photo album is the following text. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Taku Glacier. Postcard shows glacier and the ice that has calved off. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Tanana mail team. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from Alaska and our four years residence there. The...
(3:46 min) (19 of 19) Travel agency Started the first tour agency with Chuck West; called it the Arctic Alaska Travel Agency located in the Co-Op. Paul rented the travel agency's space from Cap Lathrop. He also opened an office in...
(4:47 min.) (14 of 24) 14 Chief Steward's duties Dealt with VIP's. Directed tourists to local attractions such as the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau or Totem Pole Park and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka. Arranged transportation. ...
(6:26 min.) (15 of 24) 15 Deck Steward Deck steward arranged entertainment and kept the passengers happy with games. Wealthy lady from San Franciso had John Sewick fired. Dart's of Seattle stored the cars of passengers. John Sewick was...
Title from caption. Postcard of the Alaska Railroad station in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska Railroad Engine #1 is seen at the right with a restaurant behind. Writing on back describes how furniture is to be arranged.
Title taken from donor's caption. Full Title: "1905, in a crevasse in Lakina Glacier, Professor A. E. Seaman at right; Claude (packer) at left." It had been arranged before I left Houghton (MI), that Professor Seamon (a geologist) was to...
Title from caption in album. In the foreground are piles of sticks and rocks arranged in line; in the background are the snow and ice of Worthington Glacier.
Title taken from caption. A group of school girls is lined up on a boardwalk, arranged in height from shortest to tallest. They pose for the photograph outside a building, possibly the schoolhouse, in Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. A...
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.
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.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
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.
Title taken from front. Blueberry plants arranged in basket on table, Southcentral Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number G1497. n.d. Photographer: Guy F. Cameron. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title taken from front (center title, then clockwise from upper left). Five scenes of Skagway, Alaska arranged in center of postcard. Views include docks at Skagway, A.B. Hall building, people in front of United States Courthouse, Elks Hall, and...