(7:12 min.) (09 of 20) Travel in Nome area--Alaska Steam and its reputation--1952/53 winter spring--Move to Seattle--Tariffs and freight rates--ICC Interstate Commerce Commission--Mr. J. D. Nelson--assistant general traffic manager--Train/ship...
(9:00 min.) (05 of 09)
Barging
Martha; working close to the land; barge; waves; advice for young people; hovercraft; year round; 75 tons; 30 miles per hour; follows the river; demand; fuel; propane; airlines; schedules; develops better...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
34 second, color/silent film clip of aerial and ground views of the completion and dedication of the Haul Road.
Two bulldozers close the last section of road and, as a crowd looks on, a woman cuts the ribbon.
"Alaskan defenders are depicted on the World War I[I] poster which was presented Saturday evening (Feb. 19) to Maj. Gen. George A. Carver (right) commanding general of United States Army, Alaska, by Brigadier General William S. Elmore, Adjutant...