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.
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundary between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in Bering Strait.
Whale boats in the Bering Sea wait for a whale to surface.
Caption: 70 foot whale killed by the crew of the Whaler Alexander on the international boundry between the Russian and American Diomede Islands in the Bering Straits. The whale has...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
View of sea lion killed by men from Seward, Alaska on the beach near the dock. A small boy stands on the dead animal, while another boy looks on. 1910? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
View of people butchering walruses on dock; walrus hides piled up in foreground; houses in background on opposite side [of river] Additional information from verso: E.B. O'Connor and Natives cutting up 30 tons of walrus meat received as part...
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Title taken from verso. Silver tip grizzly bear killed during hunt in Interior Alaska. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Photographer: F. Glaser. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 3/4".
Title taken from verso. Aerial view, showing total destruction of facility. During an earthquake and tidal wave [tsunami] of April 1, 1946, Scotch Cap Lighthouse was destroyed. All five crewmen at the station were killed.
Title taken from image. Group posing on porch of St. Michael's Cathedral. White building at right known as Corner & Elbow, reported to have been the saloon where Lt. Craven was killed and which during Russian occupation was the residence of...
Title taken from image. Group portrait of teacher and pupils outside the first public school in Juneau, in the building that became the Log Cabin Church, ca. 1885. Accompanying notes: #1, Miss Murphy, teacher. #2&3, Kennedy boys. #4&5, Bill...
Title taken from front. Mr. Whitney, a farmer, transporting freshly butchered hog meat to the market in Anchorage, Alaska, by horse drawn wagon. Also from front: "A.E.C. G921." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G921....
Title taken from front. Frank Glaser sits in front of log building with silver tip grizzly hides from bears he shot mounted on walls, Interior Alaska. Also from front: "Phot. of F. Glaser." From verso: "4 silvertips killed by F. Glaser in 20...