(3:15min) (02 of 08) Working different jobs worked -- tug boats; Foss Company -- Seattle; father -- civilian blacksmith; Fort Lodden; Pierson, Paul -- friend; Pierson, Paul -- became superintendent of Foss Company; worked -- Standard Oil...
(4:13 min.) (03 of 08) American Mail Line and Alaska Steam World War II; trips to war torn areas; hauling ammunition and supplies; bombings; Foss Co. -- learned about diesel engines; Standard Oil Company; Alaska Steam -- worked on diesel...
(6:08 min.) (12 of 20) How train/ship developed--Mr. Skinner--first container shipping industry in the world--Too expensive for American flagged ships--City of New Orleans (Ship) Renamed Alaska (Ship)--denied American registry--Clair Engle...
51 second, black and white, silent film clip of the ferry M/V Kalakala (meaning "Flying Bird" in Chinook). Originally launched as the Peralta on October 14, 1926, in San Francisco, she burned to the waterline on May 6, 1933. The intact hull was...
Title from attached news release. Series of 12 photos showing a safety award being presented. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE...
Title from attached news release. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE 5-4250) Seattle, Washington May 6, 1965 For bringing their ship...
Title taken from caption. "Revenue Cutter ' Bear' arriving at Valdez, Alaska Sept. 26, 1908 with Japanese seal poacher." Cataloguer's note: From 1874 - 1913 the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the United States...
Title taken from caption: "Ship Star of Alaska at anchor in Chignik Bay." View of the ship "Star of Alaska" docked in Chignik Bay, Alaska. The ship started out as the "Balclutha" on January 15, 1887 under British registry, and in 1899 it...
Title taken from caption. View of schooner "Thayer" in Bering Sea, with men on deck. Early each April from 1912 to 1924, C.A. Thayer hauled 28-foot gill-net boats, bundles of barrel staves, and tons of salt from San Francisco to Western Alaska....
View of common room at Cape Spencer Light Station in southeast Alaska taken from the kitchen area. There are space heaters on the floor in front of two desks and maritime paintings hanging on the wall. Lettering on the wall reads: "Please keep...
Ship against rugged, snow-capped coastline Note: the ship was restored by the San Francisco Maritime Museum, transferred to the National Park Service in 1978, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985, under its original name of...
Note: this ship, a National Historic Landmark, is now a museum ship ported at the San Diego Maritime Museum in San Diego; she is the oldest ship that still sails regularly and the oldest iron hulled merchant ship still floating. The ship is both a...
Two girls pose outside behind six chests of the type brought to Alaska during the maritime fur trade of the early 19th century; picket fence and houses in background Note: Photograph was published in Monuments in Cedar, by Edward L. Keithahn,...
From 1932 until 1941, when she was transferred to the Coast Guard, the NORTH STAR, sturdy service vessel of Office of Indian Affairs, sailed from Seattle to points north, making 50 stops on the outbound journey to Barrow and also stopping in St....
One file drawer of 3"x 5" typed index cards.
The files contain annotated references related, but not limited to Alaska, maritime, and military topics. Examples of topics: Air Bases, Airplanes, Dew line, Explosions at Sea, Sailing Vessels. Other...