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...
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".
Title taken from creator's notes. The fire truck has tire chains, there is some ice on the roof of the barrack. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title from verso. Four sailors walk across the mud of Adak. Verso reads: "It may not look like a main stem to you, but this is "Main Street" to the men at Uncle Sam's base at Adak, in the Aleutians. Here, four sailors slosh through the mud...
(4:03 min) (03 of 19) Young adult #2 Traveled north. Shucked corn and by the end he was averaging 95 bushels a day. Went back home and got a job with his brother-in-law on a dairy farm. Took a class to become a railroad fireman. Train...
(5:05 min) (04 of 19) Education in Chicago Got a request from the Chicago & Altman Railroad to try-out for a fireman job. He was engaged to be married and decided not to work on the railroad. Went to Chicago to take the Ray Automobile...
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE 5-4250) Seattle, Washington May 6, 1965 For bringing their ship...
View of fire trucks sitting in driveway of Anchorage Fire Department in Anchorage, Alaska. Road closure signs are at left near concrete debris. Ladder is extended on truck at right and two firemen are on board on truck. Fireman stands in front of...
Fire on the 4th of July, 1940 at the Star Bakery in downtown Anchorage. Image shows a fireman using an axe to open up the roof of the wooden building; other firemen on the street haul a firehose toward the fire. A crowd of spectators is visible in...
View of Fur Rendezvous Queen Rita Martin on fire truck ladder, accompanied by fireman, preparing to pin 49th star on 48-star United States flag draped over Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska, in celebration of statehood. June 30, 1958....
Fur Rendezvous Queen Rita Martin on fire truck ladder, accompanied by fireman, preparing to pin 49th star on 48-star United States flag draped over Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska, in celebration of statehood. From verso: "Statehood...