Title taken from notes with photo. Seward Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/29/64. A close up view of the oil tanks after and property damage after earthquake. One tank lies on its side; the nearby ground is littered with...
Title taken from back of photo. HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Fleet Demolished -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages during the tidal wave that swept coastal Alaskan communities shortly...
Title taken from from photo. . "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- BASE DAMAGE -- Damage to Elmendorf AFB [Air Force Base] may reach as high as 10 million dollars in the wake of the Good Friday earthquake. Here, a portion of a...
Full comments from verso read: "HQ AAC -- TIDAL WAVE DAMAGE -- Inrushing seas at Seward, Alaska, following the Good Friday earthquake, accounted for more damage than the 'quake itself. Here, a gigantic 200 ton diesel switch...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Government Hill Elmentary [Elementary] School Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- SPLIT LEVEL SCHOOL --...
"HQ AAC -- TOSSED BY TIDAL WAVE -- A Seward, Alaska, police car lies amid the wreckage of the community, left there by tidal wave action which occurred shortly after the Good Friday earthquake, which severely damaged the...
Title taken from caption. "'The Artist' Yours truly, H. M. W." An outdoor portrait of H. M. Wetherbee dressed in Alaska Native traditional regalia, boots, a fur hat and holding a rifle. An unidentified man is seen crouched next to him. ...
Title from verso. A dog lies in the doorway of a grass hut. The location of San Carlos (Panamá, Panama) is inferred from the context of the photo and may be incorrect.
Title by indexer. One man sits down on a sction of log while the other is standing facing a cabin (compare UAF-1991-98-772). At right, a large log lies in a sawbuck with a crosscut saw leaning against it. A rifle leans against the woodpile at...
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "KJK." Four women dressed in fur coats standing next to a ski plane marked "Fairchild". In front of them, a gasoline cannister lies on its side. These appear to be the same women pictured in UAF-1991-98-397.
Title by indexer. A view of a street with a bus and passengers. A couple of pedestrians and one other cars (left) are in the street. A large tire lies on the side of the road (foreground). Place identification of Fort Yukon based on...
Title from verso. Mission buildings at the foot of a hill and pathway as viewed from the Yukon River. White cross to the right of the church and two tall poles close to the wooden fence. A wooden dory lies to the right of the fence on the...
Title taken from caption. View of Icy Strait from aboard the U.S.C.G. buoy tender Bittersweet. A buoy lies on the deck of the ship to the right of the image.
Title taken from caption. View of two people leaning against an elaborate gate leading to a Matanuska Valley farm. Moose antlers are hung from the cross poles of the gate. A planted field lies between the fence and the barn to the left rear of...
This photograph depicts Harold Pomeroy fixing the wheel of a trailer on his homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai peninsula, Alaska, circa 1951-1955. The dog lies on the ground beside him, and there are various buildings behind...
This photograph depicts Harold Pomeroy constructing the frame for his greenhouse on his homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai peninsula, Alaska, in 1950. Harold stands on a ladder inside the frame of the building, holding a hammer,...