(9:55 Min.) (01 of 09)
Barging on the river
barging; river history; summer -- Galena; hauling 140 ton loads; river trips; whole life on river; Holy Cross; freight; Nenana; Yukon; million gallon barge; Nenana; Fairbanks; Core of Engineers; Chena...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Over snow filled gorges, frozen cataracts, sweating, struggling with heavy loads, the great army of gold seekers marched steadily on to the Yukon., 1898."
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Through winter's desolation into the silent depths of the great Yukon district the gold seekers rushed with their heavy loads on the trail to the Klondike,...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: Pioneers of Alaska, makers of history, bearing the stamp of "men" pausing with their heavy loads on the trail, 1898. What a noble example of unconquerable...
John Jacobson, Martha Stowell, and two unidentified men unloading lumber from a trailer on a USO outing. From caption: "Fire Lake - the USO wanted to buy an old cabin on the lake and we spent several weekends on spring working hard to fix it up. ...
Title by indexer. "Igloos" (cargo containers) sit on elevated platforms and cargo lifts, and other boxes sit stacked on cargo trailers. At right, a forklift loads or unloads boxes to or from a Wien Consolidated jet. The fuel truck at center...
Title by indexer. "Igloos" (cargo containers) sit on elevated platforms and cargo lifts, and other boxes sit stacked on cargo trailers. At right, a forklift loads or unloads boxes to or from a Wien Consolidated jet. The fuel truck at center is...
Title by indexer. A man driving a forklift loads a large box into the back of a Wien Consolidated airplane. The number on the rear of the plane is "N4917".
Title by indexer. Trains of freight wagons or sledges, one pulled by a team of horses and the other pulled by a tractor. The wagons have large loads lashed down with chains. There are possible horse feed buckets at left.
Title from accompanying notes. "Approaching Camp 2, which was not very far above the rest stop. Climbers in the distance are carrying loads beyond Camp 2." Snow, mountains, and several mountain climbers and a camp in the distance.
Title from accompanying notes. "On the way to Russell Glacier. Notice again stuff on the wing struts, included curved red object which is an extension to the top of my pack that I built for Mt. McKinley to carry additional loads on my pack."...
Title from accompanying notes. "Our second bush pilot, Floyd Miller, arriving in his 6-place Cessna 185 to check out our site before starting to carry in loads for us." Airplane parked at foot of rocky steep mountainside.
Title from accompanying notes. In the distance are several men who are climbing to the saddle between two mountain peaks. In the foreground are cliffs of snow.
Title from caption. Photograph of a group of passengers ashore while sternwheeler loads wood for fuel. Man at left is Charles Bunnell. Narrative in photo album reads: "A group of passengers ashore while boat takes on wood. At the left of...
Title from caption. Photograph of a sternwheeler pushing a barge full of cargo. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below shows how steamers pushed huge loads of freight before then both up & down river."