Title from caption. Photograph of Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "Here's how Dutch Harbor looked before Uncle Sam's crews began vital bases for defense of Alaska and environs. Jap [ Japanese ] bombers unleashed a retaliatory bombing raid on...
Title from verso. Photograph of a tank driving across the snow. Verso reads: "U. S. tanks in Aleutians. The snow-covered ground at an advanced U.S. base in the Aleutians proved no obstacle for one of our light tanks stationed there. ...
A small fleet of Unangan sea otter hunters. Some appear to have been successful. Not all bidarka crews seem to have harpoons onboard, and the middle or rear crew member may have been the harpooner.
(5:24 min.) (16 of 20) AK steam and NC co easy targets for dislike/canneries--accused of too high rates--NC co accused of too high prices--Alaska steam charged a tariff rate/charters charged per day--many ports would not make a profit each...
(6:56 min.) (23 of 24) 23 Cannery runs
A ship would take up the crews and the empty cans in the spring. Filipino workers were in the majority. In the fall, the cannery workers and the fish would come back. The Swedish fishermen were...
(3:43 min.) (15 of 28) 15. Getting air time
George and a man named Grant Ruth trained as flight mechanics. George did some flying of the DC3's. He wanted to fly other aircraft but there were few civilian planes available for sale or...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Capt. Street, the commander of the flight with mail for the States. Miss Vanda Coffey, Mrs. Arthur McGowan, Mrs. Dunham."
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from caption. View of construction equipment and crews working on the Kluane bridge on the Alaska Highway in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Photograph taken June 23, 1953. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from caption. View of construction equipment and crews working on the Kluane Bridge, located along the Alaska Highway in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Photograph taken June 23, 1953. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from caption. A series of boats with whaling crews maneuver around ice floes during a whale hunt near Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. Many of the men are wearing white parkas. The boat nearest to the camera carries seal floats....
Title taken from caption. Six whaling boats and crews are pulled up on ice, either loading or unloading the boats at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Most of the men are wearing parkas. 1938-1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".
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.
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.
Title taken from front. View from front of coal washing plant during construction at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska, with power plant at left. Construction crews work amidst piles of lumber, while a flatbed car stands...
Title taken from front. Northwest view of coal washing plant during construction at Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska. Construction crews are at work on the structure, with piles of lumber at left. Also from front:...
Title taken from front. Southeast view of coal washing plant during construction and power plant at right, Alaska Engineering Commission Railway station, Sutton, Alaska. Construction crews are at work on structure, with lumber piled at right. Also...
Title taken from front. View of construction crews pouring last concrete during Alaska Engineering Commission Railway bridge construction over Tanana River, Nenana, Alaska, with crane visible above workers on trestle and gravel barges below. Also...
Title taken from front. View of construction crews working on north approach to Alaska Engineering Commission Railway bridge over Tanana River, Nenana, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G2019." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...