Aerial view of Seward, Alaska looking west from the opposite side of Resurrection Bay. Note that Lowell Creek has been diverted to the waterfall at far left. The Standard Oil storage tanks (at left) are painted as part of the World War II...
Aerial view of Seward, Alaska looking northwest. The absence of the three story Arcade Building dates this photograph later than the 1941 fire. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from album caption. View of a bar, Doshen Liquor Store, and other businesses built after the fire of 1943 in Seward, Alaska. A car is parked at right, while a fire hydrant is visible at left. 1943-1946. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton....
Seward Beer and Wine Parlor on fire during fire in Seward, Alaska. Spray of water from hose is visible on left. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Fire still smoking on Fourth Avenue looking south in Seward, Alaska. A fire truck is parked on the street and people are milling around. Street lights appear to be damaged. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".
View of smoke from 1943 Seward fire from 5th Avenue. An Army truck and other vehicles are parked on street. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Spectators line the street as a building collapses from the 1943 fire in Seward, Alaska. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Building has collapsed and one wall is still standing during fire in Seward, Alaska. Firefighters and hose are in foreground. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Spectators watch a fire on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska that started at Sylvia Sexton's shop. Firefighters with hose stand on roofs in background. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
People rescue items from fire that has destroyed at least one building in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
A fireman is on the roof in the back of the building with water hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. Flames are shooting from roof. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
View of the 1935 fire in Seward, Alaska. The fire has leveled one building and another one is on fire. A firehose extends from a fire hydrant across the street to where fire fighters are fighting the fire, as spectators look on. Another person...
As a fire rages on, businesses move their stock out into the street in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
People gather on the street to watch a fire burn in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
A fire truck sits in the middle of the street while a fireman holds a fire hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. In background, spectators watch firemen fight the fire in a building at left. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of...
Title taken from front. The steamer Bertha is wrecked and on fire in Uyak Bay, Kodiak, Alaska. Unidentified photographers mark in the left hand corner. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Fire sweeping through town engulfs the Seward Beer & Wine Parlor during the 1943 fire in Seward, Alaska. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
View of buildings on fire during the November 23-24, 1941 Fourth Avenue fire in Seward, Alaska, which destroyed at least 16 businesses in the downtown area. Nov. 23-24, 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 7/8".
Debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire litters the street near the barber shop on Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Several people and a dog are on the street in the background. 1941. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".