Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Amid the clearing of rubble from March 27, 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, Alaska, a hopeful sign on 4th Avenue reads: "Open soon new location - S & F Foodland Spenard. Hobby Lobby." From verso: "Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society."...
Title taken from front. View of tents on future site of Market Street in new town of Nenana, Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 29. Aug. 24, 1916. Photographer: A.J. Johnson. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6...
Title taken from front. View of future site of Second Street in new town of Nenana, Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 30. Aug. 24, 1916. Photographer: A.J. Johnson. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6 3/4".
Title taken from front. View of tents and buildings at future site of A Street in new town of Nenana, Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 28. Aug. 24, 1916. Photographer: A.J. Johnson. Original photograph size: 4...
Title taken from front. Future site of First Street in new town of Nenana, Alaska, with tents in background. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 31. Aug. 24, 1916. Photographer: A.J. Johnson. Original photograph size: 4...
View of airplanes and man and woman dressed as pilot and flight attendant on Wien Air Alaska float in Golden Days parade in Fairbanks, Alaska. Float was judged winner in commercial float category. Sign on float reads: "1st in Alaska's future."...
Title taken from verso. Portrait of future Alaskan Governor Walter J. Hickel, Anchorage, Alaska. From information with photo: "Passport of Wally Hickel." Oct. 25, 1961. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Photographer: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front of photo number G1650. Panoramic view of construction site for future Alaska Engineering Commission railroad bridge over Hurricane Gulch in Alaska, with line drawn to indicate location of bridge. View formed by joining two...
Title taken from front. View of partially constructed Alaska Engineering Commission railroad bridge over Susitna River in Southcentral Alaska, with man standing on left side of bridge. Dotted line indicates future route of bridge. Also from front:...
Title taken from front of left photo (G1570). Panoramic view of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad bridge construction site over Hurricane Gulch in Southcentral Alaska. Dotted line indicates future bridge site. Also from front of G1570: "A.E.C....
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad bridge construction site looking north over Hurricane Gulch in Southcentral Alaska. White line indicates future bridge location. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1557." An Alaska...
Map of proposed Knik Arm Causeway near Anchorage, Alaska. Geographical notations on map include: "Big Susitna River Delta. New international airport. Pt. McKenzie. Goose Lake. Knik Lake. Knik Bay. City dock. Anchorage. Pt. Woransoff [sic]. Fire...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of construction equipment at future Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction camp at Prospect Creek in Interior Alaska. Nov. 25, 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title supplied by cataloger. They stand in front of a sign that reads, 'Future home of Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters.' Slide printed 10/1985. Slide box labeled, 'Iditarod Ground Breaking.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title supplied by cataloger. Vi Redington (in hat) digs into the ground with a shovel. A group of people stands in front of a sign that reads, 'Future home of Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Walter L Fisher was the Secretary of the Interior from 1911 to 1913, under President Taft. In 1911 he visited Alaska as part of the process of determining the future route of the Alaska Railroad. He was accompanied by his son Walter T. Fisher, who...
Ted Pedersen poses with a chain saw Caption on verso: "This is only a temporary dwelling until I can build our future home of logs. However I learned a lot by putting this one together. Have been wearing a moustache for seven years."