As a fire rages on, businesses move their stock out into the street in Seward, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 2 3/4".
Title from caption of photograph UAF-2009-123-8, current caption in album: "Aug 19 - Same after they began to move nearer". Photograph shows a packtrain far in the distance on what appears to be a dry riverbed. They are surrounded by mountain...
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...
Title from verso. Photograph of first wave of landing craft heading for the beaches of Attu. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a navy combat photography unit accompanied the first wave of...
Title from donor notes. Photograph showing a sod house in the foreground with the North Star off shore. Full donor notes read: "Department of the Interior supply ship "North Star" lying off the south beach on its annual fall visit...
(7:12 min.) (09 of 20) Travel in Nome area--Alaska Steam and its reputation--1952/53 winter spring--Move to Seattle--Tariffs and freight rates--ICC Interstate Commerce Commission--Mr. J. D. Nelson--assistant general traffic manager--Train/ship...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the...
(4:26 min) (05 of 19) Illinois Central Railroad Met a man working for the Illinois Central Railroad. Next job was painting for the Illinois Central Railroad. While he was there he put in for the steel gang building and repairing railroad...
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
(4:46 min.) (06 of 24) 06 Other tasks Besides doing the cooking and cleaning, the steward was baker, butcher, nurse, waiter, and, on some trips, musician. Cargo handling included shipping the dead; some wouldn't touch the coffins. Was...
57 second film clip, black & white/silent. Clip shows an Alaska Freight Express barge. Two crewmen open the cargo door and move a small ramp into place. The camera pans down different holds.
(4:44 min.) (05 of 08) 5. Autonomy Which direction should we move in next? More autonomy is better -- get more states together to lobby for more autonomy. People should keep an eye on government because they will always try and keep...
Title taken from caption. "9715 -- (29) The majority of those who crossed the pass stopped either at Lake Linderman or Lake Bennett for the purpose of constructing boats for the journey down the Yukon. The advance of the crusaders rendered it...