Water serves a variety of purposes in placer mining operations. Primarily, it is used to separate the valuable from the gangue material. Water is also used for the following associated operations; hydraulic stripping, hydraulic elevating, hydraulic...
Walt's Transfer Co. drivers pose for a photograph standing in front of their trucks in Anchorage, Alaska. Most of the trucks have "Walt's Transfer Co." printed on the door. The trucks are lined up on the street outside a building with the following...
View of the sign welcoming people to the Seward Municipal Boat Harbor in Seward, Alaska. The sign reads: "Welcome. Seward Municipal Boat Harbor. The following rules are posted for your safety and convenience. Anything left on ramps, floats or...
View of parade during 4th of July celebrations, Valdez, Alaska, with marching band in foreground and float following behind. From front: "Valdez, Alaska. July 4, [19]11." From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's...
View of Pacific Northern Airline airplane with refueling truck at right, control tower, and buildings at new Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Another airplane is partially visible in right foreground. Caption: "Operations began...
View of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska following the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Tall building, far right,is the Anchorage Westward Hotel. The Denali Theater is the white building, left center. A number of buildings along the street have been...
View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska following the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Destroyed buildings visible in middle left of image. Image includes buildings, automobiles, a crane, fences,traffic lights/signals, utility poles and lines....
View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska following the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Destroyed buildings visible in center of image. View includes cranes, other buildings, a car, utility poles and wires, traffic signals. Sign on building,...
View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska following the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Broken windows on some of the buildings is evident. Image includes parking meters, street lights, automobiles, and a decorative cache near the sidewalk, right...
View of boy driving tractor and man with plow following behind at Jim Faulk farm in Homer, Alaska. Lettering on tractor reads: "John Deere." Summer 1952. Photographer: Robert Mounteer. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
View of bombing of Fort Mears at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Alaska, during World War II. From verso: "News release. Headquarters, Alaskan Command. Public Affairs Division, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506. Phone Anchorage, Alaska (907) 752-9215 or...
View of a construction site in Anchorage, Alaska following the March 27,1964 earthquake. Image includes a bulldozer, trucks, a man, a crane, and buildings. A sign on the bulldozer reads Cat No. 955.
View of a construction site in Anchorage, Alaska following the March 27,1964 earthquake. Image includes a bulldozer, trucks, a crane, and buildings. A sign on the bulldozer reads Cat No. 955.
Verso: Seward St. looking north from Front, ca. 1918 Signs advertise the following: Britt's Pharmacy, Grand Trunk Pacific, Telegraph Office, Theatre, Idaho Rooms, Bank Building, and Dr. Mulhollan, Dentist
Two women having coffee and cake during 14th Annual Flower Show, with theme "Around the World with Flowers," sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club and held in First National Bank of Anchorage lobby at 4th Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, Alaska....