Title taken from caption. View of the deck aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. The life preserver reads: "U.S. Coast Guard Alert." From May's journal, dated June 28th: "The Alert is about 120 feet long and has five hundred tons...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Three lions." View of several trees with mountains in the background. From May's journal, dated June 30th: "Near this site is a small cluster of trees, the only trees west of Kodiak. They were planted by the...
Title taken from verso. Mrs. William Greene, only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time, stands in front of telegraph station at Broad Pass, Alaska. Also from verso: "Worked as agent 4/11/21-4/30/41. Retired as ag[e]nt at Healy - 4/30/41....
Title taken from front. Group photo at Alaska Engineering Commission construction camp at mile 249 in Southcentral Alaska, including E. Swansen (only woman contractor on government railroad). Also from front: "A.E.C. H100." An Alaska Engineering...
The Alaska ferry, Wickersham, was purchased by the State of Alaska from the Swedish Stena Line for $6,960,000.00 in April, 1968, having only been built and in service for 6 months. Originally named M.V. Stena Brittanica, the ferry left Gothenberg,...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
American Railway Express log cabin building with a telephone booth in front. Mrs. Green in front of the building. Physical description: Tinted lantern slide: glass, col. ; 3 1/4 x 4 in.
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Physical description: 13 pages, handwritten on yellow legal-sized sheets. Places mentioned: Auk Bay (Alaska) ; Auk Village (Alaska) ; Berners Bay (Alaska) ; Cape St. Elias (Alaska) ; Douglas (Alaska) ; Douglas Island (Alaska) ; Fairheaven...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...