(5:01 min.) (11 of 24) 11 Supplying the Steward's department
Before the ship even dropped anchor, the Steward would send an order to the purchasing agent who would begin getting supplies for the next trip. Bought in large quantities. ...
(6:52 min.) (17 of 24) 17 Purser's job vs. Steward's job. Union strikes
Purser dealt more with freight. The strikes happened, and the crew started making more money. "We didn't even know what overtime was." The price of everything went up...
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...
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.