(4:48 min.) (09 of 24) 09 Food and health on-board the ship Beef served frequently and caused complaints. Sometimes it was the waiter's fault, sometimes it was the traveler's fault, and sometimes it was the sea. The nurse had to help lots...
(3:33 min.) (13 of 24) 13 Hiring and the unions
Unions started up in earnest in 1935 or 1936. Sometimes you had to work around the union to get who you wanted for your crew. The stewards' crew didn't have much time when they were in port,...
(4:20 min) (18 of 24) 18 Strikes and Seattle in the 1930's
Smith Towers. Strikes caused lots of problems with tourists; they only had limited time and couldn't afford the time loss. The Steward and the Purser would have to work things out...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: The dark streaks caused by the crevasses on the Icebergs, create a striking contrast and make for a particularly spectacular picture.
Title taken from caption. " Miners Merchants Bank ". Cataloguer's note: This picture shows the front of a Bank and mound of debris, perhaps caused by some disaster, located next to the building.
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- 'X' Marks the spot -- Anchorage's Mt. McKinley building [later known as the McKay Building] shows the common 'X' shaped cracks that marred many Alaskan buildings,...
Title from caption. "[Illegible] road near Gulkana Roadhouse caused by ice run. May 9, 1933. Richardson [Hwy?]". Roadhouse and ice jam flooding on Richardson Highway. In view are a road, a truck, several buildings, and ice blocks heaved out of...
View of damage to a house in the Turnagain area of Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. The photo captures the effects of a landslide caused by the earthquake. Also visible are a fence, debris, and a utility pole.
View of the Turnagain neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska after a landslide caused by the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes destroyed houses. Fences are seen. The Knik Arm is in the background.
View of damage to houses in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes houses destroyed by a landslide caused by the earthquake. A person is seen, lower right. Knik Arm is seen in the background. Area tentatively...
Title taken from verso. View of a damaged building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska caused by the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Date on border of photograph reads - Apr 64. Image includes debris, utility poles and lines, a traffic signal, and...
Flooding caused by spring breakup in the Fairbanks, Alaska area. Image shows two men in a rowboat on a flooded street. Water is up to the windows of the log cabin in the foreground and ice can be seen floating on the water in the background. ca....
Title taken from caption. View of one member of the National Geographic expedition watching another member cut down part of a tree. In the background is an expedition tent and in the foreground is the stream that caused all the erosion. The trees...
Title taken from caption. View of flooded street in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 1929. Several people are crossing flooded ground on a wooden sidewalk to the right of the photograph.