Men gathered at the Copper River and Northwestern Railway tracks on the Miles Glacier Bridge, otherwise known as the Million Dollar Bridge, over the Copper River, Alaska. From verso: "Million Dollar Bridge. Lenoir, DeLong, Whiltlesey, Jos. Romig,...
30 second film clip, color with audio. The clip shows damage from the 1964 Earthquake, including to the Million Dollar Bridge. The narration describes the earthquake in general terms. The clip is from the movie "Rendezvous with Destiny",...
Title from verso. View of steamship S.S. James Dollar, Seward, Alaska, with locomotive and pier in background. Also from verso: "Alaska Central Railroad locomotive. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 4 1/4" x...
Shows gold production for different locations by dollar value. Includes notes from the Chamber of Commerce regarding population and potential development. "Compiled from maps by United States Geological Survey". Library copy missing lower left...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a large bridge over a river as seen from the shore. This bridge appears to be Miles Glacier Bridge, also known as the "Million Dollar Bridge".
Location on the Copper River near Cordova, Alaska....
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
Title from verso. Photograph of sealskin harvest barreled for transport on the USS Thuban, seen in the background. Verso reads: "Seven of 16. Precious Cargo -- In neatly spaced barrels, part of a four million dollar sealskin harvest...
(4:15 min.) (07 of 25) Ship stories ship; anchor; Neilson, Chris; near disaster; Native hospital; bill collecting; travel; box of money -- 20 dollar bills
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man wearing heavy gloves carrying a framed backpack. He is also smoking a pipe. Caption from album reads: "Mr. O.W. Stenbuck, former mail carrier, is a Swede. He is known as "Five Dollar Bill," and claims...
100 second film clip, color and black & white with an audio track. The clip shows damage from the 1964 Earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio track remarks on the dollar value of the damage, the loss of industry and effects on the...
59 second film clip black & white/silent of sling loading cargo onto a ship and a train running along a body of water. Bridge shown may be the Million Dollar Bridge. Title in film reads: "From Cordova, the Copper River and Northwestern Railway...
One minute 57 second, black & white/silent film clip.
Images include traveling from Cordova on the Copper River and Northwestern Railway with scenes of the two million dollar bridge, Miles and Childs Glaciers, Abercrombie Rapids on the...
Title taken from caption.
Clipping from a publication with the caption: The water wagon is a literal fact in Alaska. In many of the camps it is very hard to obtain good drinking water owing to the fact that wells are difficult to dig or drive...